IN JANUARY OF 2022, Janis Hughes was told she had two years to live. After two prior bouts of cancer, she was now told she had stage 4 breast cancer, which had already spread to her sternum, ribs, and right lung. The news devastated her, making her feel “a great weight” pressing on her chest, robbing her of any joy. One day, she came across a documentary about how psilocybin mushrooms, commonly known as magic mushrooms, combined with therapy could help people with terminal cancers get relief from their existential dread. Hughes, now 66, was not one for taking what she considered “hard drugs,” but she was intrigued.
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