How magic mushrooms are helping traumatised veterans

A recently retired Green Beret had tried antidepressants, therapy and a support dog to fight depression but none worked as well as psychedelic drugs.

Lindsay Whitehurst

Apr 17, 2022 – 1.35pm

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Salt Lake City | Matthew Butler spent 27 years in the US Army, but it took a day in jail to convince him his post-traumatic stress disorder was out of control.

The recently retired Green Beret had already tried antidepressants, therapy and a support dog. But his arrest for punching a hole in his father’s wall after his family tried to stage an intervention in Utah made it clear none of it was working.