Psilocybin—the psychedelic compound that occurs naturally in certain "magic" mushroom species—has been shown in trials to ...

Earlier this week, outgoing Governor Murphy of New Jersey signed a bill creating a psilocybin therapy pilot program.

Psychedelics, psychoactive substances that alter people's perceptions, mood and thought patterns, have recently shown promise ...

State lawmakers are moving forward with a pilot program that would allow hallucinogenic magic mushrooms to be used for behavioral health treatment options across New Jersey. The bill, known as the ...

SCIENTISTS ARE LOOKING AT THE PSYCHEDELIC DRUG AS A TREATMENT FOR POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION. WESH 2 NEWS JILLIAN CAMPBELL TALKED WITH A MOM AND DOCTORS WHO SAY THIS COULD BE THE MEDICINE OF THE FUTURE.

Lawmakers in Trenton are considering a bill that would legalize production and use of psilocybin – the psychoactive compound in so-called “magic mushrooms” – as a mental health treatment in New Jersey ...

Joe McKay tried everything medicine had to offer for the blinding headaches that began in the months after 9/11, when the former New York City firefighter spent weeks wading through the curtains of ...

The battle against depression just got an unexpected ally from nature, and it’s making researchers rethink everything they know about mental health treatment. With 280 million people worldwide ...

An estimated 10 million U.S. adults microdosed psilocybin, LSD or MDMA in 2025, according to research published by the ...

7:09 p.m. Aug. 22, 2025: An earlier version of this story reported that Dr. Sunil Aggarwal filed a lawsuit after a 2020 petition seeking to reschedule psilocybin was denied. He filed that petition in ...

A new study at the University of Virginia is testing to see if a common recreational drug can help people cope with the loss of a loved one. Prolonged grief is a form of grief lasting for more than a ...

Many species of fungus across the world produce psilocybin, a chemical with psychedelic effects in humans, but its ...