Originating in the 1960s, as a thriving part of the counterculture havens of San Francisco and New York, psychedelics have long remained immersed in the recesses of the shadow economy. Thriving in an outlaw community of hippies, free thinkers,...

Most anyone with a decent interest in psychedelics knows of the late Terence McKenna, the famous American philosopher and “mushroom guru.” Fewer people are aware that his brother Dennis McKenna is still alive and kicking. The other McKenna is an ethnopharmacologist, research pharmacognosist,...

For a while now we have been hearing about the health benefits and potential of psychedelic drugs as an effective form of treatment.  In the past research has shown us that patients who use psychedelic drugs or LSD when they were...

In this interesting talk with neuroscientist, author and philosopher Sam Harris, he fluently shares his thoughts on the scheduled psychoactive substances and their ability expand the brain's connectivity and introduce the mind to unexplored avenues of thought. Harris feels...

Psychedelic drugs like LSD have the power to radically alter consciousness, giving rise to a number of psychological effects that are positive, negative, mystical and just plain weird. Research in recent decades has shown that LSD-assisted psychotherapy can potentially treat...