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 ...

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 ...

A man on vacation in Austria who took 'magic mushrooms' entered psychosis that led him to amputate his penis and store it in a snow-filled jar. Doctors are calling the first case of its kind and a ...

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 ...

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 ...

York police have seized approximately 100 pounds of magic mushrooms, saying the discovery is “one of the largest psilocybin lab operations uncovered.” The street value of the seized drugs is ...

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 ...

Massachusetts voters have a far-out opportunity on Election Day: They can make certain psychedelic drugs legal in the Bay State. If Question 4 passes on Nov. 5, Massachusetts would permit adults ...