The American Journal of Psychiatry devoted an entire issue to research on psychedelics.
Read morePsilocybin and the Brain
Research results, which appear in the journal Nature, suggest that psychedelic drugs work by disrupting certain brain networks, especially one that helps people form a sense of space, time and self.
Read moreHallucinogenics in Ancient Rituals
Psychedelics and Psychiatry
The controversies have related to social, political, and legal challenges.
Read morePsychedelics for Addiction, Depression and Anorexia
The Potential for Psychedelics as Medicine
This article from the APA looks at the potential of MDMA, ketamine, and psilocybin to help people with treatment-resistant mental health conditions.
Read moreWhat Happens in a Psychedelic Trip?
Ancient History of Psychedelics
After more than 10,000 years of use, the ancient cultures and indigenous communities who use plant medicines may hold lessons for today's psychedelic experience.
Read moreReligion and Psychedelics
Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Getting Stronger
Cultivators are turning to genetic sequencing and cellular-manipulation techniques to breed highly potent mushrooms—leaving some unprepared psychonauts in distress.
Read moreWestern Medicine, Indigenous Ways
This interview discusses incorporating Western medicine and Indigenous ways of knowing into the psychedelics world.
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