Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), also known as acid, was accidentally discovered in the late 1930s by a pharmaceutical researcher. Not getting the results he wanted initially, Albert Hofmann ...

University of Auckland researchers report that an 8-week, twice-weekly LSD microdosing regimen for major depressive disorder ...

A preliminary study from New Zealand hints that tiny, carefully monitored doses of LSD may ease symptoms of moderate depression.

Every year on April 19th, devoted psychonauts celebrate Bicycle Day—the LSD holiday, akin to 4/20 for cannabis. But the very first Bicycle Day was nothing to celebrate for Albert Hofmann, the Swiss ...

It’s no secret that being on acid — also known as LSD, or lysergic acid diethylamide — can make the mundane seem full of meaning, but now we may know why. And not only that, scientists may have ...

LSD usage is on the rise among U.S. adults – especially young adults with depression. And the trend mirrors growing research into the psychedelic drug's ability to treat mental health disorders like ...

On October 6th, 1966, nearly a thousand participants and three bands – including the Grateful Dead – gathered in the Panhandle of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park to observe the criminalization of LSD ...

The work was led by David E. Olson, director of the Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics at the University of California, Davis. Scientists in Olson’s lab and at Delix Therapeutics, a ...

Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), or acid, lasts up to 12 hours in the body and is metabolized within 48 hours. When you take it orally, it’s absorbed by your gastrointestinal system and channeled ...