Oregon turns on, tunes in to the power of magic mushrooms
Portland (AFP) - Tori Armbrust grows magic mushrooms. Not secretly or furtively, but commercially. Because in the western US state of Oregon, it's legal. Anywhere else in the United States "I would get in big trouble for this, 1,000 percent," she laughs. From this year, licensed growers like Armbrust have been able to sell what the Aztecs called the "flesh of the gods" to centers offering psychedelic therapy sessions, a legalization that proponents say could offer real help to people struggling with psychological problems. Hallucinogenic mushrooms have long been associated with America's count...