psilocybin

"That trip was like an '80s movie starring me. I saw what my life could be like, without computers and all that rubbish. It gave me the most hope I've ever known."

“I believe this could revolutionize mental health care."

How psilocybin, LSD, DMT, and ayahuasca changed the author's mind.

Could that psychedelic-induced dreamlike state help scientists figure out how to better treat mental illness?

“Anything that anyone mentioned that offered some sort of hope, I tried."

Hallucinations aren't the only way psychedelics change how you see the world.

We search for it in in art, relationships, religion—but meaning is actually made inside of our brains.

"Reality was very literally melting away before my eyes."

Next year, researchers plan to test psilocybin against a leading antidepressant.

We all deserve a better exit—at peace with our imminent mortality, one doctor says.

“I felt like I let go of a lot of anger and resentment towards my parents,” one study participant said.

Now if they could find out how to mass produce it, psilocybin could be a powerful way to treat addiction.