Ayahuasca — a psychedelic medicine traditionally used by Indigenous communities in South America — has become fashionable, with celebrities like the musician Sting, actress Lindsay Lohan, and NFL quarterback Aaron Rogers drinking it to take a trip into their subconscious minds. When used to treat mental health, some studies have shown that the psychedelic can…
Rick and Morty is coming back in a matter of weeks, and season eight has finally gotten its official trailer, which sends the two eponymous heroes on a whirlwind tour of what appears to be a series of especially psychedelic adventures this time around.Here’s the trailer, which declares the venerable cult favorite animated series “the…
This psychedelic could change the opioid crisis. But its health risks hinder testing Your browser does not support the video tag. Rocky Dhillon wasn’t afraid when he swallowed the capsule in a Mexican clinic last November.He was hoping it would be the last “trip” he would ever go on, one that would do something two…
BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado regulators are issuing licenses for providing psychedelic mushrooms and are planning to authorize the state’s first “healing centers,” where the mushrooms can be ingested under supervision, in late spring or early summer. The dawn of state-regulated psychedelic mushrooms has arrived in Colorado, nearly two years since Oregon began offering them. The…
Innovative trial designs aim to separate participant expectations from drug effects…
One or two doses of psilocybin, a compound found in psychedelic mushrooms, may improve the mental health of cancer patients when accompanied by psychotherapy, a new report suggests. A second new study found that treatment with psilocybin resulted in lasting, positive personality changes in patients with alcohol use disorder. The first report’s findings were published…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — As Colorado becomes the second state to legalize psychedelic therapy this week, a clash is playing out in Colorado Springs, where conservative leaders are restricting the treatment over objections from some of the city’s 90,000 veterans, who’ve become flagbearers for psychedelic therapy to treat post-traumatic stress disorder.Colorado residents voted to…
