LSD

The first rigorous study of the practice finds it conveys benefits like reducing mental distress, but also increases neuroticism.

A small study from the Netherlands finds that a few grams of hallucinogenic truffles can stimulate the imagination.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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?