HILDALE, Utah — The tea tasted bitter and earthy, but Lorenzo Gonzales drank it anyway. On that night in remote Utah, he was hoping for a life-changing experience, which is how he found himself inside a tent with two dozen others waiting for the psychedelic brew known as ayahuasca to...
Psychedelic Drugs: A New Era in Psychiatric Treatment
In this year's Society for Neuroscience meeting, about 1,000 brain scientists packed the San Diego Convention Center for the symposium, called Psychedelics and Neural Plasticity. They heard about how drugs like MDMA and psilocybin can help rewire the brain, offering a new way to treat disorders from depression to chronic...
Will Magic Mushrooms, Other Psychedelics Become Legal in California?
Amid growing scientific research into therapeutic uses for psychedelic drugs and a progressive push to soften punishment for drug crimes, California lawmakers are considering a bill to legalize magic mushrooms, Ecstasy and several other hallucinogenic substances. The proposal has set off an intense debate over how far California should go...
Oakland Becomes 2nd US City to Legalize Magic Mushrooms
SAN FRANCISCO — Oakland on Tuesday became the second U.S. city to decriminalize magic mushrooms after a string of speakers testified that psychedelics helped them overcome depression, drug addiction, and post-traumatic stress disorder. The City Council voted unanimously to decriminalize the adult use and possession of magic mushrooms and other...