Two different types of mushroom evolved the same psychedelic compound in completely unrelated ways, a recent study finds ...

Revenue officers seized contraband with an estimated value of over €263,350 in various operations in Dublin, the Midlands, Rosslare Europort, and Waterford - including fireworks, drugs and tobacco.

U.S. service members may be drug-tested for suspected use of “magic mushrooms” under a new policy announced by the Pentagon last week. A memo issued Aug. 18 by the Office of the Under Secretary of ...

KUALA LUMPUR: When 17-year-old Aiman (not his real name) was offered a puff of his schoolmate’s electronic vaporiser for the first time several years ago in school, he did not think twice about it. To ...

A vendor bags psilocybin mushrooms at a pop-up cannabis market in Los Angeles on May 24, 2019. (Richard Vogel/AP) RIO DE JANEIRO (CN) — Touted as a natural way to sharpen focus, boost energy, ease ...

Penis envy mushrooms are a variety of mushrooms that contain the psychedelic compound psilocybin. Although some people report mental health benefits, like any other drug, they carry risks. As the name ...

The Kerala high court has said that “magic mushroom” is not a narcotic or psychotropic substance under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS). According to legal website Live Law, ...

A team of biologists, mycologists and microbiologists in the U.S., South Africa and Zimbabwe reports that a species of ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

The closest wild relative to the world's most popular "magic mushroom" Psilocybe cubensis has been given a preliminary name: Psilocybe ochraceocentrata. The two species shared a common ancestor 1.5 ...

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