Psilocybin is a chemical derived from some types of psilocybe mushrooms. Psilocybin is often ingested for its hallucinogenic effects, but many people are beginning to use it in microdoses to manage ...

For nearly a century, it's been known that drugs of abuse alter the immune system. Since the outbreak of the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s, however, an explosion of data has given rise to a rapidly ...

The city of Hazel Park, Michigan made national headlines last week after its city council voted unanimously to decriminalize entheogens, or naturally occurring psychoactive drugs consumed for ...

February 3, 2012 — Psychiatric drugs and general medical drugs are equally efficacious, according to a review of a large number of meta-analyses. Stefan Leucht, MD, from the Technische Universität ...

Psychoactive drugs have become as common for under 18s as cannabis in Northern Ireland, a new report has found. A UK-wide investigation by the BBC’s Shared Data Unit found a significant rise in ...

Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) are chemically engineered substances designed to mimic the effects of traditional controlled drugs such as opioids, stimulants, and cannabinoids. These compounds ...

Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) resulting from head trauma or blast explosions are a leading cause of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, and suicide among military veterans. Few ...