Psilocybin, the entheogenic compound found within psychoactive mushrooms, is coveted for its ability to bestow imbibers with vivid hallucinations and unexplored avenues of thought. For millennia, psilocybin mushrooms have been used for spiritual purposes, with early evidence such the...

Psychedelic drugs alter consciousness in a profound and novel way that increases the breadth and fluency of cognition. However, until recently, we were unable to offer an explanation for how the brain was altered to account for these effects. In a...

LSD, ecstasy, magic mushrooms and other psychedelic drugs could be used to treat mental health problems like anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder and addiction, a new study suggested. It is more than 40 years since Harvard University researcher Timothy Leary...

Mushrooms are usually cultivated indoors, but that’s not how it has to be. With some help you can easily how to grow mushrooms in your backyard because aren't difficult to grow at home if you set up the proper...

Despite the fact that the U.S. government deems many hallucinogenic or psychedelics substances to be dangerous, classifying them as Schedule I drugs with “no currently accepted medical use,” various scientists have dared to study their effects. What they’ve found...