Modern medicine commonly refers to addiction as a brain disease caused by drugs and other negative stimuli. However, evidence is surmounting that addiction may in fact have more fundamental causes.

In the ‘50s through the ‘70s, psychedelic drugs were studied for their potential to help people stop problematic drinking. At the time, the research primarily focused on the effects of lysergic acid ...

A newly published study examining the use of psychedelics in non-clinical settings to treat alcoholism is suggesting a great number of individuals see a reduction in problematic alcohol consumption ...

Every year on April 19th, devoted psychonauts celebrate Bicycle Day—the LSD holiday, akin to 4/20 for cannabis. But the very first Bicycle Day was nothing to celebrate for Albert Hofmann, the Swiss ...

Psychedelic drugs are able to prompt brain cells in rats and flies to grow and better connect with one another. This finding further upholds the drugs' potential use in treating a number of mental ...

LSD was first synthesized by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann in 1938. He discovered its powerful psychoactive effects in 1943 after accidentally ingesting a small amount and experiencing vivid ...

In 1971, Richard Nixon launched the War on Drugs, and the Controlled Substances Act outlawed the use of LSD and psilocybin, or magic mushrooms. Before then, psychiatrists used those drugs to treat ...

For most, psychedelic drugs conjure up images of the 1960's, hippies tripping out on LSD or magic mushrooms. But, as Anderson Cooper reported earlier this year, these powerful, mind-altering ...

LSD was first synthesized by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann in 1938, working for Sandoz Pharmaceuticals (now part of Novartis) in Basel, Switzerland. He discovered its powerful psychoactive effects in ...