A veteran advocating for the bill said psilocybin improved his PTSD symptoms after VA therapies failed to provide relief.

The magic mushroom compound psilocybin shows long-lasting antidepressant effects in a clinical trial, with patients reporting ...

Other non-psychedelic mushrooms bruise blue, too, when the gyrocyanin or pulvinic acid inside them oxidizes, but this explanation didn’t fit the unique composition of psilocybin mushrooms.

It’s the type of super-strong mushroom trip that people are increasingly reporting. New cultivation methods are making psychedelic mushrooms stronger, and fiendishly potent varieties are kicking ...

Women's retreat in Colorado uses magic mushrooms to help healing 10:09. Colorado regulators are issuing licenses for providing psychedelic mushrooms and are planning to authorize the state's first ...

Magic mushrooms can make the user see, hear or feel things that aren’t real, which can be distressing and cause accidents. At worst, they can induce psychosis, ...

A bill this session initially sought to decriminalize the possession of 1 ounce or less of psilocybin for people 21 or older.

Displays illustrating psychedelic mushrooms are seen at the MAPS conference at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver on June 21, 2023. MAPS stands for Multidisciplinary Association For ...

Psychedelic mushrooms could help with postpartum depression. Here’s how. By Andrea Dukakis and Alejandro A. Alonso Galva · Apr. 28, 2025, 4:00 am. Listen Now. 7min 30sec. Share: ...

In 2021, Cambridge, Somerville, Northampton, passed ordinances decriminalizing the possession of psilocybin, the compound produced in psilocybe mushrooms, also known as “shrooms” or “magic ...

A typical microdose is 0.1 to 0.3 grams of dried psilocybin mushrooms, as compared with the 25-milligram pill of psilocybin that creates the full-blown psychedelic experience.

With the first licenses for providing psychedelic mushrooms issued in Colorado, excitement and questions build around the fungi’s potential, affordability and safety.