Dr Albert Hofmann accidentally discovered the hallucinatory effects of LSD in April 1943. In 1986, he told the BBC about a "terrifying" bicycle ride home from the laboratory.

A new study published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology provided results from one of the first modern clinical investigations of its kind to compare the effects of psychedelic drugs lysergic acid ...

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Taking tiny, frequent amounts of the psychedelic drug lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) might temporarily elevate mood for ...

In 1943, a chemist in Switzerland synthesized a drug that alters consciousness. His discovery changed the study of medicine, psychiatry and biology—and became a central component of the counterculture ...

A recent study published in the British Journal of Pharmacology looked into how psychedelics like LSD can affect the biological endocannabinoid system, otherwise targeted by cannabis compounds, which ...

LSD, magic mushrooms and ecstasy are well known street drugs not usually associated with medical treatment. But that could be changing. In a new article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, ...

New research from the University of California, San Diego released Monday reveals that tens of millions of Americans are ...

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Scientists have identified a drug that appears to produce the antidepressant effects of LSD without the psychedelic side effects — at least in mice. Drugs like magic mushrooms and LSD can act as ...

In this randomized study, microdosing LSD was not more effective than placebo in reducing ADHD symptoms in adults. Repeated doses of the low-dose LSD were safe in an outpatient setting.