On AlterNet: psilocybin

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "psilocybin"

How Magic Mushrooms Can Improve Your Life in the Long-Term

Kevin Drum, Mother Jones. June 17, 2011.

A team of researchers has recently documented a safe, long-lasting way of improving both your life and your personal feelings of well-being: shrooms.

How Christopher Hitchens Could Help His Fellow Cancer Patients by Promoting Psychedelic End-of-Life Therapy

Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. May 17, 2011.

Hitchens underwent waterboarding to experience the torture of terror suspects -- now dying of cancer, he could help the cause of psychedelic research with a dose of psilocybin.

Can Psychedelic Drugs Treat PTSD?

Craig K Comstock, AlterNet. April 26, 2010.

Kept on hold for close to half a century, especially in the U.S., psychedelic science is now coming back to life.

Sacred Intentions: Inside the Johns Hopkins Psilocybin Studies

Michael M. Hughes, Baltimore City Paper. October 16, 2008.

"Working with these drugs was like the third rail. You don't touch that without damaging your career."

Is Doctor-Prescribed LSD and 'Shrooms on the Way?

Arran Frood, BBC. September 10, 2008.

New indications that illegal hallucinogenic drugs like LSD and psilocybin could become credible prescription medicines some day.