BIRMINGHAM, England — Half a century after Timothy Leary urged the world to “Turn on, tune in, drop out,” there’s a surge of interest in lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD. The psychedelic drug was ...

While trying to understand what makes the psychedelic drug LSD work, Dr. Mattias Liechti, head of the Liechti Laboratory at the University of Basel Hospital, stumbled onto something unexpected. During ...

Drugs like magic mushrooms and LSD can act as powerful and long-lasting antidepressants. But they also tend to produce mind-bending side-effects that limit their use. Now, scientists report in the ...

The drug LSD, or lysergic acid diethylamide, is infamous for the long and intense trips it induces. But the psychedelic drug is also thought to hold potential as a powerful treatment for serious ...

The following interview is with Dr. Matt Oram, the author of The Trials of Psychedelic Therapy: LSD Psychotherapy in America. It has been edited for clarity and brevity. Richert: There’s a lot of ...

There is such a thing as a bad trip. But how long do the effects of an LSD overdose last? And are they always so terrible? Now, by analyzing the bizarre accidental overdoses of three women, scientists ...