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These Patients Couldn't Beat Lyme Disease, So Scientists Tried Giving Them Psilocybin

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(Jacob Wackerhausen/iStock/Getty Images Plus) Of all the diseases spread through the bite of an insect or arachnid in the United States, Lyme disease is the most common. Each year, nearly half a million people are diagnosed with and treated for the condition, which is caused by bacteria transmitted by an infected tick.

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