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A man says a Stephen Colbert joke saved his life. He wants to appear on 'The Late Show' before it's too late

Two photos side-by-side. On the left is Stephen Colbert sitting at his "Late Show" desk. On the right is a man named Ron Blake, holding a poster full of signed messages, smiling with a group of strangers
Ron Blake was about to die by suicide. When a “Late Night” joke made him laugh, he said, he realized, “there’s still something good left in me.”
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A man says a Stephen Colbert joke saved his life. He wants to appear on 'The Late Show' before it's too late

Ron Blake was about to die by suicide. When a “Late Night” joke made him laugh, he said, he realized, “there’s still something good left in me.”
Read More

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New study: Depression patients still symptom-free 5 years after taking psychedelic mushrooms

A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association shared the results of a successful therapy trial for psilocybin.
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