Psilocybin is the active ingredient that gives so-called "magic mushrooms" their hallucinogenic kick. It also has a therapeutic potential for treating depression. Now, Cornell University ...

Hallucinogens, including psilocybin, are showing considerable promise in treating illnesses such as depression and schizophrenia. Image source: Getty Images. Several of these drugmakers are ...

In a mountain town about three hours outside of Mexico City, I sat on the floor of a thatched-roof palapa with blankets wrapped around me as a facilitator (both a researcher and medicine woman ...

"Successfully growing edible mushrooms in space represents a significant milestone for space exploration and sustainable nutrition." Astronauts will attempt to grow mushrooms in space for the ...

Psilocybin has a colorful history (pun intended). The active ingredient in “magic mushrooms,” psilocybin etymologically translates to “bare headed” or “stripped bare” (Etymonline, 2025 ...

Psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in “magic mushrooms,” could be administered to help treat post-traumatic stress disorder under a bill advanced out of an Iowa House subcommittee Tuesday.

Rocky Dhillon wasn’t afraid when he swallowed the capsule in a Mexican clinic last November. He was hoping it would be the last “trip” he would ever go on, one that would do something two ...

This story by Kate Ruder appeared on KFF Health News on March 24, 2025. Colorado regulators are issuing licenses for providing psychedelic mushrooms and are planning to authorize the state’s first ...

A new bill would erase criminal and civil penalties for the use and possession of psilocybin – often found in "magic mushrooms" – for those 21 years old and older. The bill is said to help ...

In Oregon, a psilocybin session costs upward of $1,000. But some of Colorado's prospective healing center owners have ideas about other ways to offer their services.

Psilocybin is a hallucinogenic chemical in certain mushrooms known as magic mushrooms. Eating mushrooms that contain psilocybin can have a variety of effects, ranging from euphoria to ...