• Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 9th, 2015
Researchers Are Turning to Psychedelics to Treat Anxiety, Addiction

Researchers Are Turning to Psychedelics to Treat Anxiety, Addiction

There have been several studies focusing on psychedelics

Watch: Here’s How Magic Mushrooms Affect the Human Brain

Watch: Here’s How Magic Mushrooms Affect the Human Brain

Cool science video details how consuming magic mushrooms affects the human body and especially the brain

  • History
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • February 3rd, 2015
We Humans Have Been Consuming Magic Mushrooms and Other Psychoactives for Millennia

We Humans Have Been Consuming Magic Mushrooms and Other Psychoactives for Millennia

Archaeological evidence indicates humans discovered some of the psychoactive substances still in use today eons ago

Magic Mushrooms, Psychoactive Toad Skins Were on the Menu of Early Americans

Magic Mushrooms, Psychoactive Toad Skins Were on the Menu of Early Americans

People in the early Americas also used alcohol-infused enemas and psychedelic cacti to alter their consciousness

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 30th, 2014
Magic Mushrooms Alter Perception by Creating New Connections in the Brain

Magic Mushrooms Alter Perception by Creating New Connections in the Brain

Study explains how and why folks who feast on magic mushrooms end up experiencing a sensory overload

Grandmother Admits to Selling Marijuana, Magic Mushrooms, and Hashish

Grandmother Admits to Selling Marijuana, Magic Mushrooms, and Hashish

The woman, identified as Candace Kelly, says she only did it because she needed money to raise her grandchildren

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 3rd, 2014
Magic Mushrooms Do Cause Mind Expansion, Researchers Say

Magic Mushrooms Do Cause Mind Expansion, Researchers Say

Study finds magic mushrooms boost emotional thinking, cause dream-like states

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • August 20th, 2013
Psychedelic Drugs Do Not Up a Person's Risk of Developing Mental Health Problems

Psychedelic Drugs Do Not Up a Person's Risk of Developing Mental Health Problems

On the contrary, users appear to be less likely to suffer from such conditions

  • Health
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 24th, 2012
How the Brain Responds to Magic Mushrooms

How the Brain Responds to Magic Mushrooms

The effects of psilocybin were revealed in brain-imaging study