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 ...

Betel nut, the seed of the areca palm fruit, is often chewed inside a betel leaf with lime. The practice has been known for its psychoactive effects, including heightened alertness and euphoria.

SHOSHONE COUNTY, Idaho - The Shoshone County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) issued a warning about kratom, a psychoactive drug ...

Changes may soon be coming to North Carolina's booming hemp industry, which has thrived in recent years thanks to the state's ...

THC is one of the 113 chemical compounds found only in the plant genus Cannabis, which scientists call cannabinoids. THC, however, is unique among all the rest for one, massively important reason: ...

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Growing evidence has shown that psychoactive and psychedelic compounds can potentially help treat substance abuse and psychiatric disorders like major depression, PTSD, and alcohol or opioid abuse.

The human consumption of psychoactive drugs, such as marijuana, cocaine, and heroin, is of even more recent historical origin than the human consumption of alcohol or tobacco, so the hypothesis would ...

Various spices contain psychoactive chemicals that can alter the function of the brain. Nutmeg comes from the tree Myristica fragrans and contains myristicin, which is chemically quite similar to ...

A report in the British Medical Journal, dated March 21, 1970, tells a peculiar story about a young woman’s experience with a certain ubiquitous holiday spice. She had mixed “one ounce of nutmeg in ...

Over one-third of young adults misuse their psychoactive prescription drugs, a new study has revealed. Some 34% of adults ages 18 to 25 misused their psychoactive medications, defined as opioids, ...

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 ...