The matchup: Two doses of psilocybin, the active ingredient in “magic mushrooms,” against a six-week course of the popular antidepressant escitalopram, often sold as Lexapro or Cipralex.

The man, 37, had a history of depression and alcohol abuse before eating three to four psilocybin mushrooms while alone at his home. Siphosethu Fanti/peopleimages.com – stock.adobe.com The 37 ...

Share on Pinterest A new clinical trial looks at how psilocybin compares to a commonly prescribed antidepressant. Image credit: The Washington Post/Getty Images. About 5% of adults worldwide live ...

Psilocybin, the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms, remains illegal in California. Despite that, many companies operate as if psychedelics are legal, some even using them during wellness ...

Volkow, M.D., director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Psilocybin is the hallucinogenic substance found in “magic mushrooms” and the subject of many studies as a potential ...

Not enough to draw conclusions It would be tempting to conclude from this study that psilocybin works just as well as commonly described antidepressants in the long term. Unfortunately, the data ...

When psychedelic-assisted therapy becomes available in Colorado next year, the state will be just the second in the U.S. to regulate the production and use of psilocybin mushrooms. Oregon was the ...

A suspected drug dealer in Colorado was arrested for allegedly giving a group of teenagers and pre-teens psilocybin mushrooms, also known as "magic mushrooms," causing two of them to overdose ...

CAMBRIDGE - Question 4 on the November ballot could legalize and regulate the use of psychedelic substances like psilocybin for adults 21 and up in Massachusetts. "My life is completely different ...