Currently, only one ballot measure — proposing new limits on financial contributions to candidates for public office — has ...

Two thousand years before the Inca empire dominated the Andes, a lesser-known society known as the Chavín Phenomenon shared ...

Scientists are taking a new look at hallucinogens, which became taboo among regulators after enthusiasts like Timothy Leary promoted them in the 1960s with the slogan “Turn on, tune in, drop out.” ...

Along with this, the use of hallucinogens (including substances like LSD) rose in popularity. And doctors say these survey results reflect their own experience treating teens and young adults for ...

Within 3 years, 3.99% of individuals with an ED visit involving hallucinogens developed an SSD compared to 0.15% of individuals in the general population (hazard ratio [HR], 21.32; 95% CI, 18.58 ...

Hallucinogens Classifications. Consolidating laws regulating narcotics, stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, and anabolic steroids' manufacture and distribution, and the chemicals used in these ...

Hallucinogens to treat psychiatric conditions There is a lot of excitement among the psychiatric community about recent clinical trials showing that LSD and psilocybin could be useful for treating ...

Hallucinogens are associated with a 2.6-fold increased risk for premature death in some individuals seeking emergency care, according to a recent study. The risks are especially substantial in ...

Hallucinogens can sometimes induce anxiety, paranoia or panic, which in unsupervised settings can escalate to accidental injuries or suicide. In the Johns Hopkins study, ...

That's the spooky idea Linnda R. Caporael floated in her 1976 paper Ergotism: The Satan Loosed In Salem.In search of a concrete explanation for the witch-hunting mania, she stumbled upon a theory ...

One reason witches "fly": Hyoscyamus niger, or henbane. Botanical Garden KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany. (Photo credit: Wikipedia Commons) This is an updated version of a story I wrote back in ...