In 1943, a chemist in Switzerland synthesized a drug that alters consciousness. His discovery changed the study of medicine, ...

Dr Albert Hofmann accidentally discovered the hallucinatory effects of LSD in April 1943. In 1986, he told the BBC about a ...

Albert Hofmann calculated that one teaspoon of LSD could affect 50,000 people. He arrived at that figure after accidentally ...

Analysis of more than 500 brain scans finds LSD, psilocybin and other psychedelics increase cross-talk between brain systems ...

A new study suggests that four psychoactive compounds work in surprisingly similar ways, and that they break down the ...

Long before 20th century researchers discovered monoamine oxidase inhibitors, Indigenous tribes had been making use of such ...

Psilocybin, a hallucinogen found in certain mushrooms that produces hours-long mental and visual effects, has been an illegal ...

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Despite this, the Food and Drug Administration didn’t formally review a psychedelic compound for federal regulation until ...

Some medical professionals and industry observers are starting to notice a troubling trend among heavy cannabis users: ...

Scientists looked at a wide range of brain scans to determine how consciousness gets so trippy on mind-altering drugs.

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