Psychedelic drugs like psilocybin are being tested to treat mental illness. They're also expanding our understanding about human consciousness.
Read morePsilocybin for Depression
A study of 27 people found that a treatment featuring the hallucinogen psilocybin worked better than the usual antidepressant medications, a team reported Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry.
Read morePsilocybin Therapy Making a Comeback
Legalizing the use of psychedelics such as psilocybin therapy in safe, controlled, therapeutic environments to treat mental health conditions opens the door to revolutionary advancements in healing potential for countless individuals around the world who suffer from mental illness.
Read morePsilocybin Research Likely to Be Game-Changing
Imperial College in London has been comparing psilocybin to conventional antidepressants – and the results are likely to be game-changing.
Read moreMushrooms in a Pill?
As magic mushrooms make the shift from recreational drug to mental health treatment, patients won’t be eating caps and stems, but a synthetic product made in a lab—one that can be patented and profited from.
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Read moreIs it Possible to Redesign Mushrooms for Only Good Trips?
A Washington startup dedicated to developing novel psychedelic formulations is in the process of making a “magic” mushroom devoid of “bad trip” potential.
Read moreOnline Talk on Mushrooms
Online Talk on Mushrooms
Read moreFilm: A New Understanding
A New Understanding explores the treatment of end-of-life anxiety in terminally ill cancer patients using psilocybin, a psychoactive compound found in some m...
Psilocybin Therapy for Smoking Addiction
A pilot study saw that 80% of participants quit smoking after one dose of psilocybin and research on 51 cancer patients showed the drug decreased anxiety and depression in 80% of those tested.
Read moreMovement to Decriminalize Magic Mushrooms
As cities decriminalize psychedelic fungi, advocates work to legalize statewide. Here’s an update.
Read moreLegal Issues with Psilocybin
While decriminalized in Denver, Colorado and Oakland, California, magic mushrooms are not legal for recreational use anywhere in the United States.
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