Psychedelics, psychoactive substances that alter people's perceptions, mood and thought patterns, have recently shown promise ...

Psilocybin—the psychedelic compound that occurs naturally in certain "magic" mushroom species—has been shown in trials to ...

People in a new study who took psilocybin often experienced headache, nausea, anxiety, dizziness and elevated blood pressure -- side effects similar to those seen with regular antidepressants. Photo ...

A popular modern trend involves taking tiny amounts of psychedelic mushrooms to boost brain power, but new evidence suggests ...

Testing found the bars contained psilocybin and intoxicating synthetic compounds, according to city officials.

Denver officials are warning consumers that they have found edible products made with psilocybin mushrooms for sale, ...

"Magic" mushrooms achieve their psychedelic effects by temporarily scrambling a brain network involved in introspective thinking like daydreaming and remembering, a new study reports. Photo by Adobe ...

A new study shows that natural mushroom extracts may be more therapeutically effective than synthesized psilocybin, which is widely used in research investigating the medicinal potential of the ...

Researchers tested 12 “magic mushroom” edible products sold in Portland, Ore., and found no trace of psilocybin, the hallucinogenic compound that gives magic mushrooms their name. Instead seven of the ...

Many people with tough-to-treat depression may be trying psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, as an alternative to antidepressants. Thinking that it's a "natural" drug, folks might ...