A new study shows that the use of psilocybin, a compound found in the widely known 'magic mushrooms,' initiates a pattern of hyperconnectivity in the brain linked to the ego-modifying effects and ...

Long before scientists began studying them in the lab, mind-altering substances were already being gathered from plants, ...

DENVER, CO - MAY 14: Mazatec psilocybin mushrooms during their 3 day drying time after harvest in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Joe Amon/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images) The use of ...

Psychedelic-assisted therapies have been hailed as the wave of the future. They’re also becoming big business. What if most people can’t afford them? It was an early summer morning, and Katy had been ...

Doctors working in palliative care see promise in emerging therapies involving psychedelic drugs, but say many questions ...

Psychedelics such as ketamine, psilocybin, MDMA, LSD, mescaline, and ibogaine produce alterations to sensory, self, time, and space perception “so alien to everyday experience that they shed new light ...

There’s a resurgence in psychedelics, banned in the U.S. since 1970 by the federal Controlled Substances Act. That law, signed by then-President Richard Nixon, halted what had been promising research ...

There is a growing interest within the medical community in the use of psychedelic therapies to treat conditions ranging from depression and PTSD to anxiety and eating disorders. New research led by ...

A discussion of the federal legal and regulatory framework that controls the research, approval, and marketing of psychedelic drug products, including the role of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA ...

The Center for Medical Ethics and Health at Baylor College of Medicine is building a research program focused on ethics, policy, and the implementation of psychedelic research. We have long been a ...