There's no narrative imposed upon the mushroom. No assumption that it wants to be heard. Instead, its electrical activity becomes part of a feedback system. A loop between voltage and touch, light and ...

If a Washington rainforest started a band, it would sound something like Mt Fog. Carolyn B.’s playful whispers are like a ...

A man awaiting trial for allegedly killing his former Plettenberg Bay police officer girlfriend made a frantic, bizarre call ...

There is an enduring association with creative experiment and psychedelic experiences. Recently, psychedelics have become more mainstream, explored not just for their far-out spiritual associations ...

Researchers synthesized modified versions of psilocin that retained their activity while producing fewer hallucinogenic-like effects in a preliminary study in mice.

A nonprofit group has in recent months been lobbying city of Portland officials—with some success—to bring forward an ordinance that would tell the Portland Police Bureau to deprioritize any calls ...

PHOENIX – A House panel voted Monday to extend the deadline on Arizona’s first-in-the-nation program to research medical uses of psilocybin, or “magic mushrooms,” a hallucinogenic currently classified ...

Psilocybin—the psychoactive compound in "magic mushrooms"—is gaining scientific attention for its potential in treating neuropsychiatric conditions including depression, anxiety, substance use ...

The largest psychedelic church in America has signed up more than 135,000 members who donate various amounts of money entitling them to corresponding amounts of psychedelics. More psychedelic ...

Certain psychoactive substances can improve the mental health of terminally ill cancer patients—but few patients can currently access them. Psilocybin, the psychoactive chemical in psychedelic ...

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In a small-scale preliminary study, a UA psychiatrist has found that psilocybin, the active agent in psychedelic mushrooms, is effective in relieving the symptoms of people who suffer from severe ...