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Is psychedelic use associated with cancer?: Interrogating a half-century-old claim using contemporary population-level data.

Brian S BarnettKathleen ZieglerRick DoblinAndrew D Carlo
Published in: Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) (2022)
While laboratory studies and case reports from the 1960s and 1970s generated concerns about psychedelics' carcinogenic potential, this analysis of recent epidemiological data does not support an association between psychedelic use and development of cancer in general or hematologic cancer. Important study limitations to consider include a lack of information about psychedelic dosage, number of lifetime psychedelic exposures, and the temporal relationship between psychedelic use and cancer diagnosis.
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