By increasing neuroplasticity, psychedelics may both enhance creativity and be useful for treating a variety of psychiatric ...

MDMA is part of a new wave of psychoactive drugs that show great potential for treating conditions such as severe depression and PTSD. But not everyone is convinced. And even if such drugs gain FDA ...

New psychoactive substances, originally developed as potential analgesics but abandoned due to adverse side effects, may ...

New psychoactive substances, originally developed as potential analgesics but abandoned due to adverse side effects, may ...

For nearly a century, it's been known that drugs of abuse alter the immune system. Since the outbreak of the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s, however, an explosion of data has given rise to a rapidly ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Psychoactive drugs chemically alter the brain ...

The discharge and prevalence of psychoactive drugs in surface waters has raised concerns about potential risks to ecosystems ...

UFC star Conor McGregor revealed on social media that he recently underwent Ibogaine treatment in Tijuana, Mexico, at the guidance of doctors at Stanford University. The treatment, which involves ...

The proposal targets products like kratom, Delta-8 and Delta-9 THC edibles, nitrous oxide, and synthetic cannabinoids ...

Lori Tipton is among the growing number of people who say that MDMA, also known as ecstasy, saved their lives. Raised in New Orleans by a mother with untreated bipolar disorder who later killed ...