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Can psychedelics improve your mental health?

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There's growing interest in the potential mental health benefits of psychedelics. Now, scientists are trying to understand the substances and get them approved at the federal level and some of that research is happening in our region.

KUNC's Leigh Paterson visits a study site in Fort Collins, Colorado, for the Mountain West News Bureau.

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