The practice of smoking toad venom, a mind-altering drug that has been compared to magic mushrooms and other hallucinogens, has been gaining traction among psychedelic users across the U.S., including ...

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The National Park Service (NPS) recently issued a warning against licking the potentially toxic Sonoran Desert toad. The toad, which is also called the Colorado River toad, emits a "weak, low-pitched ...

In a sign of unintended consequences of the psychedelic resurgence, scientists say that the Sonoran desert toad is at risk of population collapse. A substance in the toad poison, 5-MeO-DMT, can be ...

It is becoming increasingly accepted that classic psychedelics like LSD, psilocybin, ayahuasca, and mescaline can act as antidepressants and anti-anxiety treatments in addition to causing ...