New Legal Push Aims to Speed Magic Mushrooms to Dying Patients
Back in March, just as anxiety over COVID-19 began spreading across the U.S., Erinn Baldeschwiler of La Conner, Washington, found herself facing her own private dread.Just 48 and the mother of two teenagers, Baldeschwiler was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer after discovering a small lump on her chest, no bigger than a pea. Within weeks, it was the size of a golf ball, angry and red. Doctors gave her two years to live.“It’s heartbreaking,” she said. “Frankly, I was terrified.”But instead of retreating into her illness, Baldeschwiler is pouring energy into a new effort to help dy...