In an unusual turn for an unassuming species, a desert amphibian is at the center of both a potential ecological crisis and an evolving question of drug policy. The creature in question is the ...

Christina Haack, host of HGTV's "Flip or Flop," opened up about smoking psychedelic toad venom on Instagram on Saturday. The 38-year-old smoked 5-MeO-DMT, a chemical naturally excreted from Bufo ...

A Texas church has claimed to invent a novel psychedelic drug used as its sacrament — and has ostensibly been giving it to members of its clergy as one might a communion wafer. But a recent chemical ...

The Sonoran desert toad produces both deadly and psychedelic poisons. It faces increasing poaching pressure because of its trippy toxins. Reading time 3 minutes If you kiss a frog, you don’t get a ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The National Park Service has warned visitors against licking a toad whose secretions contain a powerful psychoactive compound ...

The Sonoran Desert Toad, with glands secreting a venom rich in the hallucinogens 5-MeO-DMT and bufotenin, is invading Arizona now that monsoon conditions have kicked in for the late summer. They can ...