For centuries, healers knew what science is only now confirming: psilocybin is a powerful healing medicine. Could magic ...

The federal government launched a behavioral health research initiative, with $50 million allocated to match state investments in psychedelic research, including psilocybin, a hallucinogenic compound ...

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 ...

The Trump administration is set to weigh in on whether the hallucinogenic compound psilocybin should be moved into a less restrictive class of drugs under federal regulations. Regulation of psilocybin ...

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Psilocybin is a psychedelic drug with promising clinical applications for treating mood disorders and substance abuse disorders. Recent work in functional MRI (fMRI) studies show that psychedelics can ...

It’s a modern scientific renaissance: Little more than half a century ago, psychedelics were largely outlawed, squelching emerging research into the mind-opening substances. Today, psychedelics have ...

Czechia looks set to become the first in Europe to legalise psilocybin – the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms – for medical purposes. Amid a growing mental health crisis in the country, ...

In a review of previous studies, McMaster University researchers observe a stronger signal for psilocybin as a treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder than cannabinoids. Psilocybin is a ...