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Psilocybin, the active ingredient in "magic mushrooms," is now undergoing clinical trials. If all goes well, treatments could be available by 2024.

A new study has examined the impact of psilocybin—the active ingredient in magic mushrooms—on the brain.

The war on drugs which stopped research on psychedelics was "one of the worst examples of censorship of human research in the history of science," according to the authors of a commentary in the journal Cell.

While the overdose itself was an unpleasant experience, the trip may have had "positive effects" on the chronic foot pain that the woman was suffering from, according to a case study report.

Scientists followed the progress of over a dozen cancer patients who took psilocybin.

Scientists spoke to over 1,000 people at arts and music festivals about their experiences taking psychedelics.

The findings come amid what is known as the "psychedelic renaissance."

On Thursday, Betai Koffi, a 32-year-old San Francisco software engineer at YouTube, was arrested by Sonoma County sheriff's deputies after he allegedly punched, choked, stabbed, and rammed a vehicle at friends, strangers, and the authorities after taking 4 doses of LSD.

The 22-year-old rapper announced he was quitting the group following drug use allegations in Korean tabloid "Dispatch."

The 22-year-old rapper announced he was leaving the "Love Scenario" hitmakers following allegations made in Dispatch.

The research comes amid a "psychedelic renaissance," in which scientists have investigated whether psychoactive drugs such as MDMA and LSD could be used to treat mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety and PTSD.

The researchers hope their study could help people with mental disorders such as schizophrenia.

More than a dozen sailor's from the Japan-stationed Ronald Reagan aircraft carrie's nuclear reactor department were involved in the organization.

Explaining consciousness is one of the hardest problems in science and philosophy.

The legendary singer from The Beatles also once saw a white squirrel that he believed was his reincarnated dead wife Linda.

This finding further upholds the drug's potential use in treating a number of mental health conditions such as depression and addiction.

Results could one day lead to novel treatments or therapies for reducing domestic violence, the lead author said.

The suspect faces multiple charges.

The latest findings could lead to the development of new treatments for mental disorders such as depression or schizophrenia.

Taking the drug resulted in the emergence of a "new type of order in the brain."

The priest was charged with 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a child, two counts of distributing sexually exploitative material involving children and two counts of drug possession.

Scientists would research it even more if the law would let them.

It's a psychedelic trip, without the psychedelics. 

"I feel like having my mind blasted by a highish dose of psilocybin while the moon's shadow befalls the earth will be an otherworldly experience."

Only 0.2 percent of people who tried shrooms within the last year wound up in the emergency room, according to the Global Drug Survey.

Researchers looking at the therapeutic potential of psychedelic drugs found increased neural signals in the brain scans of people given them.

The psychedelic drug has long had reputed benefits—but evidence remains anecdotal.

Writer Ayelet Waldman was on the verge of suicide until she self-medicated with LSD.

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Feeling "one with nature" or feeling the self "dissolve" is triggered when psychedelics shift the patterns of connectivity in the brain.