Many clinical trials to test the use of psychedelic medicines for conditions such as depression have been underway since 2022 ...

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Psychedelic mushrooms may offer relief for migraines and more. (Illustration by Sara Pinsonault for Yahoo News) Psilocybin, the active chemical ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms, may be beneficial ...

Feb. 23 (UPI) --The hallucinogenic psilocybin, derived from fungus, has been used in religious rites and ceremonies for hundreds of years in places like Peru and Brazil. But it recently found a ...

Not under federal law, which has classified the fungi as a highly dangerous Schedule 1 drug since 1970. But a campaign to decriminalize psilocybin, the mind-altering compound in magic mushrooms, is ...

“We are in the middle of a rapidly evolving cultural, media, and legal landscape when it comes to psychedelics,” says Nora D. Volkow, M.D., director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).

Mushrooms are showing real promise for treating depression and addiction, but doctors and regulators are split on whether ...

Researchers believe psychedelic drugs could combat depression and addiction. Here's how magic mushrooms affect your brain. Psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in "magic" mushrooms, makes you trip.

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In 1960, two promising young psychologists at Harvard, Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert, began to explore the effects of psychotropic substances on the human mind. They believed that psilocybin, the ...

Psilocybin, the active chemical ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms, may be beneficial in the treatment of episodic migraines, suggests a review published earlier this month. Psilocybin is a ...