In 1957, when the British psychiatrist Humprhey Osmond was looking to coin a word for the mind-bending effects of LSD, he wrote a letter to his friend Aldous Huxley. The "Brave New World" author — who ...

“On LSD, the brain spent less time on higher-level processing and more on the sensory-driven activities.” LSD also reduced the amount of energy the brain needs to switch from one state to another, ...

Psychotropic drugs are all the rage now as a potential treatment of brain diseases. Examples are ketamine and psilocybin for depression and PTSD. More recently, a single dose of LSD was found to have ...

Michael Pollan, author of "This Is Your Mind On Plants," answers the internet's burning questions about psychedelics. How does LSD work? What is ego death? How are psychedelics used for addiction ...

With LSD finally gaining mainstream acceptance — just last month, the FDA granted breakthrough status to an LSD formula to treat anxiety — author Norman Ohler investigates how it took so long for the ...

Sarah Rose Siskind had a revelation during a psychedelic sound bath in Manhattan. It changed her approach to running her business and strengthened her relationship with colleagues. We spoke to ...