In large doses, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) can repair damaged neurons in the brain, and reveal new ways of seeing the world. In small doses, microdosers chase the effects of the drug on ...

A massive backlash against LSD eventually culminated in a 1970 Congressional law declaring it a Schedule 1 drug, meaning it officially has "no accepted medical use" in the U.S.

Share on Pinterest The use of psychedelic drugs such as LSD in mental health treatment is at the forefront of clinical research. Lyuba Burakova/Stocksy Psychedelic compounds have gained increased ...

A growing body of neuroscience research is converging on a counterintuitive idea: the disorderly brain activity triggered by LSD might actually work against the hyper-synchronized neural firing that ...

WASHINGTON — LSD reduced symptoms of anxiety in a midstage study published Thursday, paving the way for additional testing and possible medical approval of a psychedelic drug that has been banned in ...

Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered LSD and thereby gave the psychedelic generation the pharmaceutical vehicle to turn on, tune in and drop out, has died. He was 102. Hofmann died Tuesday ...

Scientists have identified a drug that appears to produce the antidepressant effects of LSD without the psychedelic side effects — at least in mice. Drugs like magic mushrooms and LSD can act as ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — LSD reduced symptoms of anxiety in a midstage study published Thursday, paving the way for additional testing and possible medical approval of a psychedelic drug that has been banned ...