DENVER, CO - MAY 14: Mazatec psilocybin mushrooms during their 3 day drying time after harvest in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Joe Amon/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images) The use of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Emily Earlenbaugh covers cannabis science and culture. A recent review of the scientific literature looked into this question and ...

Psychedelic drugs and related molecules – psilocybin, MDMA, and the like – have profound effects on the mind and on the brain. They have been used in cultures around the world for millennia and have ...

Psychedelic medicine has regained momentum in 2025. Investors are coming back, regulatory attitudes are softening, trial results are improving and major pharmaceutical firms that kept their distance ...

Olivia Goldhill focused primarily on covering the health crisis affecting American boys and men. She also covered psychedelic medicines. AbbVie’s purchase of Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals’ psychedelic ...

Debate over psychedelic legalization tends to focus on two extreme views: the need to speed therapeutic access to meet urgent problems such as veteran suicide, and calls to thoroughly research ...

Rex is the author of the new book “Seeing What Is There: My Search for Sanity in the Psychedelic Era.” During my first psychedelic session, a violin flourish turned the sky yellow. A comet’s tail of ...

While there's growing evidence that psychedelic drugs can effectively treat severe mental health conditions, especially in cases where traditional treatments have failed, they still come with ...

President Donald Trump aims to fast-track research into psychedelic therapy for conditions like post traumatic stress disorder and depression in a break from his first administration policy. Advocates ...

In recent years, the conversation around psychedelic medicine has shifted from hushed discussions to headline news, with many media articles trumpeting positive scientific findings. Studies have found ...