Mayor Lurie proudly celebrated SF's psychedelic era; why are his cops doing buy-busts at concerts when there is a fentanyl ...

The Pentagon has changed its drug screening policy to test troops for psilocin, indicating the use of psilocybin mushrooms. Here, psilocybin mushrooms that are ready for distribution are shown at ...

Busts of psilocybin mushrooms went way up from 2017 to 2022, a new study finds, even as the psychedelic drug's potential benefits have been... As 'magic mushrooms' got more attention, drug busts of ...

Magic mushrooms are clearly becoming more mainstream: Daytime talk show host Dr. Phil recently aired an episode featuring mothers who use magic mushrooms — and it included a shoutout to an Oakland ...

The hallucinogenic drug psilocybin, commonly known as magic mushrooms, are the "safest drugs" for recreational use, according to the annual Global Drug Survey. The study, which surveyed more than ...

The psychedelic chemical in “magic mushrooms” may ease depression in some hard-to-treat patients, a preliminary study found. The effects were modest and waned over time but they occurred with a single ...

Many clinical trials to test the use of psychedelic medicines for conditions such as depression have been underway since 2022 ...

A suspected drug dealer in Colorado was arrested for allegedly giving a group of teenagers and pre-teens psilocybin mushrooms, also known as "magic mushrooms," causing two of them to overdose, police ...

A single dose of psilocybin, a compound found in "magic mushrooms" provides long-term relief from anxiety and depression in cancer patients, a new study finds.In fact, cancer patients who were given ...

Craig Mitchelldyer / AP In recent years, there's been growing interest in psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in "magic mushrooms" or "shrooms" as a potentially beneficial therapy for mental ...