The Trump administration is set to weigh in on whether the hallucinogenic compound psilocybin should be moved into a less restrictive class of drugs under federal regulations. Regulation of psilocybin ...

DENVER—Psilocybin, the main psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms, can alleviate depression for at least five years after a single dose, a new study finds. The research, presented June 18 at the ...

Scientists found that the magic behind so-called “magic mushrooms”—psilocybin, a psychedelic compound—has evolved at least twice in mushrooms, and in very different ways. Researchers in Germany and ...

A single dose of the psychedelic substance psilocybin can provide rapid relief from depressive symptoms—within just a few ...

For centuries, indigenous cultures across Mexico and Central America have used Psilocybe mushrooms in their healing ceremonies. Today, those same fungi are being explored as a treatment for ...