Bill Gates once revealed that the same person who challenged his intellect as a teenager also pushed him into experimenting ...

In large doses, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) can repair damaged neurons in the brain, and reveal new ways of seeing the world. In small doses, microdosers chase the effects of the drug on ...

One drop of LSD can erase your entire sense of being until—interminable hours later—you recapitulate your identity, one puzzle piece at a time. Beyond that and the iconic kaleidoscope visual effects, ...

There is such a thing as a bad trip. But how long do the effects of an LSD overdose last? And are they always so terrible? Now, by analyzing the bizarre accidental overdoses of three women, scientists ...

A new clinical trial underway in the Lowcountry is drawing attention for its unconventional — and potentially groundbreaking ...

With LSD finally gaining mainstream acceptance — just last month, the FDA granted breakthrough status to an LSD formula to treat anxiety — author Norman Ohler investigates how it took so long for the ...

Diplo ended 2024 on a high — literally. The 46-year-old DJ shocked Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper when he revealed he was tripping on LSD during his virtual appearance on CNN’s New Year’s Eve special.

The drug, as well as a placebo, was given to 20 healthy volunteers with previous experience taking psychedelics. Their brains were then imaged inside an fMRI scanner to visualize their brain activity.

For the first time since the 1970s, researchers are being allowed to study the potential medical properties of the most tightly controlled substances around. But it's not easy. By Shaunacy Ferro ...

In November 2020, Oregon voters made history by passing Measure 109 and Measure 110. Measure 109 allows for adult use of psychedelic mushrooms within therapeutic settings. Measure 110 decriminalizes ...

A 22-year-old woman threw herself from an eighth-floor apartment in Tokyo while she was high on 1D-LSD, investigative sources said. The fatal incident in February followed a similar death in January, ...