Research on psychedelics, then and now, has been riddled with medical racism and exclusion. But that hasn’t stopped Black people from finding creativity and solace through such drugs. Dirty deeds and ...

In 1943, a chemist in Switzerland synthesized a drug that alters consciousness. His discovery changed the study of medicine, psychiatry and biology—and became a central component of the counterculture ...

The CIA unleashed a monster on Boston. It’s on page 11 of the June 24, 2011, interview of James “Whitey” Bulger, two days after the Most Wanted mobster was caught hiding out in Santa Monica, Calif., ...

Reactions is celebrating Bicycle day with some psychedelic science. The chemistry behind LSD has an interesting story. Chemist Albert Hofmann first discovered the psychedelic effects of Lysergic Acid ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — In the 1950s and 1960s, the United States thought they had reason to believe that Communist countries had somehow perfected brainwashing and could use this technique in forms ...

Study shows brainwave synchronization between humans and dogs using LSD. Experiment conducted with 10 beagles carrying a genetic mutation linked to autism. Results suggest LSD could alleviate social ...

Margaret Mead was among the most famous scientists of the 20 th century. Despite this, however, her role in the early history of psychedelic research has gone strangely unnoticed. With her ...

The story of LSD begins with a chemist whose accidental encounter with the compound changed global culture, neuroscience, and medicine. His self-experiment sparked decades of research into ...

On Thursday, the Telegraph ran an incredible story: back in the '50s, an entire French village suddenly went mad. This was not, as previously thought, due to an ergot (fungus) contamination of the ...