They were scientists and writers in the ’40s and ’50s, mystics and musicians in the ’60s and ’70s, neo-psychedelic counter-culturalists in the ’80s and ’90s. And in the 2010s, they’re back — as ...

Lysergic acid diethylamide-25 was synthesized in a Swiss laboratory in 1938. Early researchers called it “psychotomimetic” because it caused psychosis akin to schizophrenia. In the 1950s, the British ...

Most people have funny memories of their dads. Ben Stiller’s dad was different from most dads. Ben is the son of the recently deceased Jerry Stiller, a comedian known for his role as George Costanza’s ...

Illustration of a human brain. Lysergic acid diethylamide, better known as LSD or acid, has a checkered past — or, perhaps, a roiling and vibrantly colored past. Since the drug was synthesized by ...

On September 28, a large team of scientists from different universities published results of the study in the peer-reviewed journal Nature, in which mice diagnosed with depression were given these ...

Movies like Mandy and Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood have demonstrated what skilled folks can accomplish with the help of LSD, but, for many, a tab of two of acid won’t end nearly so well. As Jeff ...

In November 1956, three people gathered in a converted Connecticut barn to take LSD, a powerful psychedelic drug that was legal at the time. The children had just been put to bed upstairs. In the ...

From time to time on Broadway, a show will open where characters seem to be having a really great time: Drinking excellent whisky in a bar, perhaps, or making fantastic love or chowing down on chicken ...

This day—April 19—is the 78th anniversary of the first-ever acid trip. It is affectionately referred to by psychonauts around the globe as Bicycle Day. The psychedelic compound LSD is known primarily ...