An upcoming executive order is intended to accelerate research into the compounds’ efficacy in treating PTSD, depression and ...

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

Researchers created a new questionnaire to measure major life changes linked to psychedelic use and found that most surveyed ...

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

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

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

Dr Albert Hoffman accidentally discovered the hallucinatory effects of LSD in April 1943. In 1986, he told the BBC about a "terrifying" bicycle ride home from the laboratory. The Jersey Consumer ...

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

My 78-year-old father, wobbling to his feet, fidgeted for a tub of Mentos in his fleece pocket and, when the zipper failed to ...

What do LSD and Psilocybin have in common? A new study reveals a universal brain fingerprint for psychedelic drugs.

UCSF research shows psychedelics like psilocybin may treat depression, Parkinson’s, and addiction, offering new hope in ...

Little more than half a century ago, psychedelics were largely outlawed, squelching emerging research into the ...