Researchers at the Imperial College of London have for the first time mapped the effects of LSD on the brain using fMRI and other scans while patients were under the influence of the drug. The images ...

Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) alters the activity in brain regions involved in establishing one's sense of self and in differentiating between oneself and someone else during social interactions, ...

Two later-stage trials investigating LSD for treating anxiety are due to conclude in 2026, which could lead to the drug being ...

Accidentally discovered by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann in 1943, who, after ingesting it, experienced the world’s first acid trip as he cycled home, LSD has garnered a lot of scientific interest in ...

There is such a thing as a bad trip. But how long do the effects of an LSD overdose last? And are they always so terrible? Now, by analyzing the bizarre accidental overdoses of three women, scientists ...

Bill Gates opened up about his past drug use in his memoir, "Source Code: My Beginnings." Gates said he tried LSD as a young man despite what Steve Jobs may have thought years ago. During his "trips," ...

Just weeks after a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial found psilocybin microdosing to be no different to placebo, another study has been published that found LSD microdoses have no effect on mood ...

Researchers are pouring water on the belief that microdosing LSD actually does anything (at least, anything positive) for those who do it. Up until now conducting clinical trials was difficult because ...

Previous studies have shown that the hallucinogenic effects of LSD are mediated to a large extent by the signaling pathway involving the β-arrestin-2 protein. Thus, it is possible that compounds that ...

New treatments for mental health and behavioral disorders are desperately needed. Rates of depression, anxiety, PTSD, and substance use disorders soared during the pandemic, and traditional ...

“The mind—that seven inches of in ner space between the root of the nose and the occiput— our prized possession; its study on every level is most important,” says Los Angeles Psychiatrist Sidney Cohen ...

In a complete reversal of his previous positions, Timothy F. Leary admitted yesterday that "LSD may be creating a new race of mutants." In a talk at Manhattan Town Hall in New York, the former ...