A compound found in magic mushrooms can treat depression by cutting brain activity that gets people stuck in loops of negative thinking, a new study revealed. Hundreds of millions of people worldwide ...

A Nimbin farmer is warning foragers he has sprayed magic mushrooms in his fields with herbicide. In Australia taking magic mushrooms or psilocybin is illegal, except for medical treatment for certain ...

The California Department of Public Health is warning the public not to eat TRE House brand Magic Mushroom gummies, chocolate bars, and syrup infused with illegal and dangerous psychedelic compounds.

The California Department of Public Health on Thursday warned residents not to use a line of “magic mushroom” products sold online and at smoke shops throughout the state, which they’ve determined ...

California health officials are warning the public not to eat certain “magic mushroom” food products made by a Los Angeles–based company after testing found they contain illegal and potentially ...

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Psilocybe cubensis, a mushroom that produces the psychoactive compound psilocybin. Felix Blei / Leibniz-HKI Researchers don’t know exactly how psilocybin, a psychoactive compound found in psychedelic ...

Two distantly related groups of mushrooms take radically different routes to producing psilocybin, a mind-bending molecule. By Rachel Nuwer No one knows why magic mushrooms evolved to produce ...

Scientists found that the magic behind so-called “magic mushrooms”—psilocybin, a psychedelic compound—has evolved at least twice in mushrooms, and in very different ways. Researchers in Germany and ...

New York lawmakers are considering legalizing psilocybin use for treating certain health conditions amid mounting national debate over the psychedelic drug commonly known as magic mushrooms. State ...

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