Awakening are easy enough to find and harvest, not least because they respawn so frequently. However, spice sand is much more ...

Some researchers think these psychoactive, spiritual effects are a big part of why patients could benefit from psychedelic drugs. Other researchers think these drugs' power may lie in the ways ...

You may want to think twice, according to a new study that found a link between bad psychedelic trips and a more than twofold increased risk of death within five years. “There’s a lot of media ...

It’s also a historic first: no psychedelic has been trialed in patients with a degenerative brain disease — until now. Psilocybin — the psychedelic compound that gave “magic mushrooms ...

As Parkinson’s cases continue to rise, the race is on for therapies to combat the effects of the disease — and researchers have pinpointed an unlikely source of relief. Psilocybin, a ...

A debate has long percolated among researchers as to what happens after a person takes a psychedelic drug. The experience may stem at least in part from the placebo effect, which is rooted in the ...

Mr. Evans is the founder of the Challenging Psychedelic Experiences Project. When the political scientist Rick Doblin founded an organization in the 1980s aimed at securing federal approval for ...

The first licenses for providing psychedelic mushrooms have been issued. This is a KFF Health News story. Colorado regulators are issuing licenses for providing psychedelic mushrooms and are ...

Thousands of veterans who are suffering aren't waiting, desperate for help, they're attending psychedelic retreats in countries where the drugs are legal to use, mostly in indigenous ceremonies.