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FILE - Former Boston Red Sox player Tim Wakefield looks on before the start of a baseball game between the Red Sox and Oakland Athletics at Fenway Park, Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in Boston. The Boston Red Sox say announcer and former knuckleballer Tim Wakefield is undergoing treatment for a disease they did not specify and asked for fans to respect his privacy after his illness was outed without his consent by ex-teammate Curt Schilling. The team issued a statement on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, after Schilling said on a podcast that Wakefield had brain cancer. The news led to an outpouring of support for Wakefield – and criticism of Schilling. Wakefield is 57. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File)

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Dozens of health care professionals across the country are fighting the federal government in court for legal access to psychedelics, namely psilocybin mushrooms, to start offering therapeutic treatments in their practices. Psilocybin mushrooms sit on a drying rack in the Uptown Fungus lab in Springfield, Ore., Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Craig Mitchell

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