LSD reduced symptoms of anxiety in a midstage study published Thursday, paving the way for additional testing and possible medical approval of a psychedelic drug that has been banned in the U.S. for ...

People have been taking LSD for decades, but experts still don’t know all that much about it, especially when it comes to how it affects your brain. Still, LSD doesn’t appear to kill brain cells. At ...

Share on Pinterest The use of psychedelic drugs such as LSD in mental health treatment is at the forefront of clinical research. Lyuba Burakova/Stocksy Psychedelic compounds have gained increased ...

LSD was first synthesized by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann in 1938. He discovered its powerful psychoactive effects in 1943 after accidentally ingesting a small amount and experiencing vivid ...

In large doses, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) can repair damaged neurons in the brain, and reveal new ways of seeing the world. In small doses, microdosers chase the effects of the drug on ...

One person’s acid trip could be another person’s anxiety therapy. That’s the tantalizing upshot from a new study that showed LSD may have the potential to alleviate anxiety. The findings are just the ...

In 1943, biochemist Albert Hoffman accidentally ingested a chemical that he had synthesized from a fungus and discovered that it created hallucinations. The mind-bending chemical was lysergic acid ...