Magic Mushrooms

When Jesus Ate the Magic Mushrooms

Mark Morford | Posted 12.11.2011

Mark Morford

I'm looking at you, Johns Hopkins University, for once again coming out with a timid little study reinforcing what everyone already knew. Once again, we find that magic mushrooms really are rather astonishing wonderfungi.

David Moye

Hurricane Irene Could Sprout Bumper Crop Of Magic Mushrooms

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 10.27.2011

Everyone knows the potential destructive power of hurricanes, but few people are aware that storms like Hurricane Irene encourage growth of psychedeli...

Were Mushrooms Responsible For Henry Jumping Death?

Brooklyn Heights Blog | Posted 05.25.2011

We're looking into these reader reports of a death on Henry Street last night. One reader writes: just came home @ clark & henry to discover cop...

Reindeer Get High On Magic Mushrooms, Says Scientist

Carly Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Turns out the myth of flying reindeer might not be that far from the truth: According to a piece in Pharmaceutical Journal by scientist Andrew Haynes,...

Which Illegal Hallucinogen Is Right for You?

Mark Morford | Posted 11.17.2011

Mark Morford

Let's lay it out: According to a major new overview study, all of America's beloved wonderdrug antidepressants are essentially useless and don't really work worth a damn. Wait, that's not quite right.

Magic Mushrooms: Study Says They Help Some See Their Spiritual Side

AP | MALCOLM RITTER | Posted 11.17.2011

NEW YORK — In 2002, at a Johns Hopkins University laboratory, a business consultant named Dede Osborn took a psychedelic drug as part of a resea...