I recount all this as someone who still remains very optimistic about psychedelics as medical treatments and tools of spiritual exploration.

A new psychedelic retreat calling itself a “SETI for the mind” aims to establish two-way communication with the nonhuman entities people encounter while tripping on DMT.

Researchers are now testing whether psilocybin can treat severe depression without producing the hallucinogenic trip that has ...

Psychedelics like LSD and mushrooms are losing much of their former stigma and more people are becoming curious about these mind-altering drugs.Photograph: Marco Allegretti/Unsplash Six years ago, on ...

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This story is part of The Trip, a CPR News series on Colorado’s new psychedelic movement. Read more here. A local psychedelics campaign by public health advocates is focusing on health and safety. As ...

With his long hair, sleeve tattoos, and t-shirt-and-jeans style, Benjamin Forest doesn’t look like a military officer. But that’s exactly who he was before becoming a psychedelic coach, speaker, and ...