Food products made by a Los Angeles-based company contained a synthetic form of psilocin, an illegal psychedelic compound, ...

The use of psilocybin — the hallucinogenic compound found in “magic mushrooms” — has increased significantly in Denver and throughout the country, driving a spike in calls to national poison control ...

U.S. service members may be drug-tested for suspected use of “magic mushrooms” under a new policy announced by the Pentagon last week. A memo issued Aug. 18 by the Office of the Under Secretary of ...

A hand in a blue glove plucks a white mushroom from a dense stand of mushrooms. Mature magic mushrooms are carefully harvested to minimize damage. Credit: Filament Health Some scientists theorize that ...

DENVER — As states like Colorado relax the rules on psilocybin, or magic mushrooms, more people are giving a trip a try. A new study from researchers at Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Safety found ...

Psilocybin, the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms, remains illegal in California. Despite that, many companies operate as if psychedelics are legal, some even using them during wellness ...

It took at least five years of public debate, lobbying and bill amendments for New Jersey to make marijuana legal for recreational use in 2021. Now the state may do the same with psychedelic mushrooms ...

Different types of magic mushrooms use unique biochemical paths to produce the same active compound by Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology edited by Stephanie Baum, ...

“We are in the middle of a rapidly evolving cultural, media, and legal landscape when it comes to psychedelics,” says Nora D. Volkow, M.D., director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).