The specific dose used in the study (20 mg/kg) might not generalize to other doses or forms of psilocybin. Another limitation is the use of the mushroom extract rather than purified psilocybin or ...

the psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms. All those new connections you can see don't just make people trip. They're also the reason that psilocybin is one of today's most talked-about drugs ...

A hallucinogen found in magic mushrooms can "reset" the brains of people with untreatable depression, raising hopes of a future treatment, scans suggest. The small study gave 19 patients a single ...

“This study is an extension of our earlier manuscript published in the same journal, and we have further publications in preparation that are based on this same study,” says researcher at the ...

Psilocybin is classified as a Schedule I ... might pick synthetic tryptamines over ground-up mushrooms or mushroom extract, ...

Psychedelic drug psilocybin, found in magic mushrooms, is as good at reducing symptoms of depression as conventional treatment, a small, early-stage study has suggested. But when it comes to ...

where he drank a tea containing psilocybin, the psychoactive component of magic mushrooms. He then stretched out on the floor and closed his eyes. When he phoned his wife, Kitty, 10 hours later ...

A Minnesota task force created to advise state lawmakers on policy issues surrounding psychedelic medicine released a report this week recommending the decriminalization of psilocybin-containing ...

An investigation into complaints of advertisements for psilocybin mushrooms in postings throughout the community of Big Bear Lake led detectives to a stash of roughly $200,000 worth of so-called ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A San Francisco “psychedelic church” that gained national attention for its adherence to the “spiritual power” of psilocybin mushrooms will be closing its doors by ...

Startup hustlers and working women say they're turning to "magic" mushrooms to be more productive and creative, to take the edge off, or maybe just to get a bit of a hangover-free after-hours buzz.