LSD

In a new study, use of psychedelic drugs is linked to lower rates of criminal behavior.

• By Tom Jacobs

What makes some teens more likely to use and abuse designer drugs?

• By Kate Wheeling

Researchers have discovered an amber fossil containing the ergot fungus—from which LSD is derived.

• By Wes Judd

A Minnesota high school student overdosed on a synthetic drug she got from some fellow teens. The prosecutor is charging them as adults—with third-degree murder—in order to "send a message." That's the wrong one.

• By Maia Szalavitz

Just because psychoactive drugs with a large recreational following may help in some mental issues doesn't automatically mean they don't cause other ones. Except, a new look at health records finds, they don't.

• By Michael Todd

LSD, ecstasy, and magic mushrooms are helping people face death, cope with trauma, and quit booze and smokes. Can these drugs revolutionize addiction treatment, or is it all just tangerine trees and marmalade skies?

• By Kelly Bourdet