Psilocybin
Dr. Bronner's Soap Wants American Culture to Integrate Magic Mushrooms ASAP
Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps has committed a million dollars to a campaign to legalize psilocybin therapy in Oregon.
We Could Be Taking Psychedelics to Help Treat Mental Illness in Five Years
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.
Will Taking MDMA to Save Your Marriage One Day Be Normal?
Newsweek spoke to the co-author of Love Drugs: The Chemical Future of Relationships about the ethics of intervening in this fundamental part of being human with psychoactive substances.
Magic Mushrooms Help Ease Anxiety, Depression in Cancer Patients for Years
Scientists followed the progress of over a dozen cancer patients who took psilocybin.
Psychedelic Drugs Linked to Transformative Experiences
Scientists spoke to over 1,000 people at arts and music festivals about their experiences taking psychedelics.
Magic Mushroom Depression Treatment One Step Close After Psilocybin Trial
Researchers gave participants a dose of psilocybin and watched their reactions to see whether the drug is safe.
$17 Million Center for Psychedelic Research to Investigate Magic Mushrooms
A new research center funded by private donors will study possible psilocybin therapies at Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Microdosing Psychedelics Linked to Better Mood and Focus
The findings come amid what is known as the "psychedelic renaissance."
A Guide to Taking Psilocybin Mushrooms
Psilocybin mushrooms, often called magic mushrooms or shrooms, might soon be partially legal, or at least decriminalized, in several states. Here's how to trip safely.
Denver Votes to Decriminalize Magic Mushrooms
"This is what happens when a small team of dedicated and passionate people unite under a single idea to create change," said Kevin Matthews, the director of the Decriminalize Denver.
What Happens to the Brain During Hallucinations?
The researchers hope their study could help people with mental disorders such as schizophrenia.
Magic Mushrooms Could Be Reclassified, Experts Say
Psilocybin is increasingly being recognized by scientists as potentially effective treatments for a number of psychological disorders, such as addiction and depression.
Psychedelics May Physically Alter Brain Structure
Findings suggest that psychedelics could be used to treat a host of mood and anxiety disorders, such as depression, anxiety, addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Male Psychedelic Users Less Violent to Partners: Study
Results could one day lead to novel treatments or therapies for reducing domestic violence, the lead author said.
Magic Mushrooms Became Trippy to Prevent Being Eaten
Magic mushrooms' hallucinogenic effects might keep insects away, but it doesn't stop humans.
Can Magic Mushrooms Change Your Politics?
"Psilocybin may produce sustained changes in outlook and political perspective."
California Could Decriminalize Psychedelic Mushrooms
Mayoral candidate says the fungi saved him from heroin.
Magic Mushrooms Reset the Brain, Stop Depression
Brain scans revealed that psilocybin could be more effective than antidepressants.
Scientists Discover How Magic Mushrooms Make Psilocybin
The study could pave the way for easier production of the psychedelic psilocybin.
Magic Mushrooms Not Likely to Send You to the ER
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.
DEA Has Smothered the Drug Debate With a Smoke Screen
The criteria for banning a drug exist to make congressional and DEA determinations look scientific, even when they are not.
Psilocybin Can Decrease the Pain of Social Exclusion
The drug could be used to help treat anxiety and depression in the future.
Psychedelic Drugs 'Safe as Riding a Bike or Playing Soccer'
A letter published in the Lancet Psychiatry Journal has claimed that psychedelic drugs are safer than currently thought.
Scientists Discuss Merits of Psychedelics In Medicine
Scientists and scholars discussed experiments with psychedelics drugs to treat anxiety, depression, addiction and other issues at a recent conference in New York City.
Kick Your Smoking Habit With...Magic Mushrooms?
Participants at Johns Hopkins reported an 80 percent abstinence from cigarettes following the psilocybin study