By Dustin Marlan — 2021
The latest frontier in state and local drug reform has been the loosening of legal restrictions on psilocybin—the psychoactive compound in “magic mushrooms.”
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Scientists Roland Griffiths and Matthew Johnson sit down with journalist Anderson Cooper to discuss the promise of psychedelics as a form of treatment for anxiety, depression, addiction, and more.
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We spoke about his research with psilocybin, his interest in spiritual experiences, and how psychedelics may provide help for people who are dying.
In a recent UK trial, 12 patients with major depression took a pill quite different to commonly prescribed antidepressants: 25mg of psilocybin, the psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms.
At Imperial College we’ve been comparing psilocybin to conventional antidepressants—and the results are likely to be game-changing.
A new brain-scan study helps explain how psilocybin works—and why it holds promise as a treatment for depression, addiction and post-traumatic stress.
How magic mushrooms expand consciousness.
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With the advent of the psychedelic renaissance occurring currently, many people have become curious about one of the most famous hallucinogens: psilocybin mushrooms. Read on to discover the most important information about these fascinating fungi.
Though psilocybin has recently become one of the trendiest drugs on the planet for the pharmaceutical industry to capitalize on, the history of magic mushrooms in human hands runs deep. How far back, you wonder? Perhaps the better question is: How long have we existed?
Before psychedelic therapy and services becomes widely available, there needs to be a better understanding of all the ways these experiences can go wrong.
Doctors who have been on the front lines of the pandemic since the first COVID cases appeared in the US now have the opportunity to try an unorthodox form of therapy: shrooms.