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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Of the dozen or so common, woodchip-loving urban mushrooms that grow in the Pacific Northwest, there are three that are of ...

As he began the brain scan, neurologist Dr. Nico Dosenbach wasn’t sure if he’d been given a psychedelic or a placebo as part of a new clinical trial that would capture how the brain works on ...

For $660, a person can partake in a 12-hour psilocybin mushroom trip guided journey at the Center for Medicinal Mindfulness in Boulder, Colorado. The psychedelic guides or practitioners have various ...

Seizures of magic mushrooms have spiked over recent years as interest in the potential benefits of psychedelics including psilocybin rose, according to the results of a new study. The study, which was ...

Psilocybin—the psychedelic compound that occurs naturally in certain "magic" mushroom species—has been shown in trials to provide long-term treatment for depression and anxiety. But the chemical's ...

Researchers have developed a new model to study the antidepressant and anti-anxiety effects of psilocybin in mice.

Law enforcement seizures of “magic mushrooms” or “shrooms” containing the psychoactive component psilocybin increased dramatically in the United States between January 2017 and December 2022, ...

Police seizures of "magic" mushrooms have more than tripled within the past five years, the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse reports. The total weight of psilocybin mushrooms seized by law ...

A renowned pioneer in the world of mycology and highly celebrated for his cutting-edge applications of beneficial mushroom mycelium, Stamets is also well-known for his research in the field of ...