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A master meditator has spent 15 years learning to quiet his sense of self – and brain scans suggest he achieved a similarly altered state with a powerful psychedelic. “There seems to be, with that low ...

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The Food and Drug Administration could approve the first prescription psychedelic therapy as early as this year, and state lawmakers are scrambling to ensure Coloradans will be able to access it ...

Have you ever been trapped in your car in mud or snow, and couldn’t leave until someone pulled you out? Researchers have discovered a psychedelic may act like the huge truck pulling your car (or mind) ...

Using methods such as brain scans and symptom tracking, scientists are beginning to study whether a complex psychedelic brew known as ayahuasca can help rewire the brain's response to trauma. When you ...

Billionaire Ron Carson pulled himself out of poverty by building a $55 billion financial advisory giant and teaching other advisors to scale like him. Now, thanks to his own personal coaches, he’s ...

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TAMPA, Fla. – Once widely regarded as dangerous and illegal, psilocybin mushrooms are now being closely examined for their potential medical benefits, and some of that research is happening right here ...