Psilocybin is a naturally occurring psychedelic compound that is the active ingredient in certain types of mushrooms (also ...

An Iowa Senate subcommittee advanced a bill Wednesday that would allow for the legal, medical use of psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in “magic mushrooms,” in state-approved psychiatric ...

A double-blind, randomized trial has identified specific brainwave patterns that track with the mystical and ...

Researchers at the University of South Florida are finding new ways to treat mental health conditions like anxiety, ...

New Mexico is setting up the statewide medical psilocybin program to be more accessible to patients later this year with the ...

Use of psilocybin — the psychedelic compound found in “magic mushrooms” — has doubled among U.S. adults since Denver began decriminalizing the drug in 2019, according to researchers with Rocky ...

A new “magic mushroom” compound may deliver psychedelic brain benefits without the trip.

About 300,000 years ago, an early human was foraging for food in an expanse of grassland. She spied a cluster of mushrooms poking out of dark soil, picked one of the brown caps, and examined its ...

Nearly one in four Americans now believe that the use of psilocybin or “magic” mushrooms should be legal — a level of backing comparable to cannabis in the mid-1990s ahead of the introduction of ...

Published in Scientific Reports, new research provides evidence that minor compounds in psychedelic mushrooms work alongside psilocybin to interact with brain receptors. This chemical teamwork ...

Psychedelic therapy is a promising approach for tackling tobacco addiction, early results of a pilot clinical trial show in which psilocybin outperformed nicotine patches in helping smokers quit.