Psilocybin must be useful in some way to the fungi. In fact, it may be so useful that it has evolved this mind-altering ...

This story is part of The Trip, a CPR News series on Colorado’s new psychedelic movement. Read more here. A form of psilocybin, a psychedelic compound found in mushrooms, is now on the brink of ...

Mentor: J. Andrew Jones, Ph.D. Psychedelic drugs have garnered much clinical attention for their promising therapeutic potential in the treatment of mental health conditions. However, the presence of ...

Psilocybin, the hallucinogen in some mushroom species, has now been shown to increase the lifespan of both cells and mice. The magic happens because psilocybin slows down the senescence, or ...

Psychedelic mushrooms are sometimes called 'magic' for their hallucinogenic effects which some proponents believe make them think more clearly and see things they would never ordinarily perceive. But ...

The matchup: Two doses of psilocybin, the active ingredient in “magic mushrooms,” against a six-week course of the popular antidepressant escitalopram, often sold as Lexapro or Cipralex. Escitalopram ...

Colorado recently issued its first license to a psilocybin healing center. In 2022, voters in Colorado chose to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms and create healing centers for psilocybin therapy.