Dr Albert Hofmann accidentally discovered the hallucinatory effects of LSD in April 1943. In 1986, he told the BBC about a ...

In 1943, a chemist in Switzerland synthesized a drug that alters consciousness. His discovery changed the study of medicine, ...

CLEVELAND — Researchers narrowed down what appears to be the correct dosage during a first ever rigorous clinical trial examining LSD as a treatment for generalized anxiety disorder, with results ...

President Donald Trump announced new efforts to boost research into psychedelic drugs and make them available in controlled ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. It's always been a bit of a mystery why LSD is such a potent hallucinogen. Unlike most similar drugs, it takes only a ...

An executive order aims to speed up how quickly psychedelic drugs for mental illness can move through the regulatory process.

Share on Pinterest The use of psychedelic drugs such as LSD in mental health treatment is at the forefront of clinical research. Lyuba Burakova/Stocksy Psychedelic compounds have gained increased ...

But after LSD spread into the larger culture, the U.S. government imposed strict restrictions on it (Dyck, 2008). By 1966, it ...

LSD usage is on the rise among U.S. adults – especially young adults with depression. And the trend mirrors growing research into the psychedelic drug's ability to treat mental health disorders like ...

A new executive order could make it easier for researchers studying how psychedelic drugs such as psilocybin, LSD and ...

May didn’t notice much with the first dose of LSD. She felt good, and she got a lot accomplished, and that was all. It was the day after that things really clicked. She felt even better, and she got a ...

Novelist T.C. Boyle focuses on real-life figures with cult-like followings — he's written fiction about cornflakes king John Harvey Kellogg, architect Frank Lloyd Wright and sex researcher Alfred ...