Psilocybin, also known as “magic mushrooms,” may help smokers quit tobacco for the long term. Smokers who received psilocybin ...

The fight to stamp out cigarettes may be heading in a mind-bending new direction. Research published this week found that a ...

A single dose of psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, appears significantly more effective than nicotine ...

A single dose of psilocybin combined with therapy may help people quit smoking at far higher rates than nicotine patches, ...

Psilocybin "should move forward in the FDA process," researchers say ...

The psychoactive substance in magic mushrooms appears to have a powerful effect on people trying to stop smoking.

Psychedelic therapy is a promising approach for tackling tobacco addiction, early results of a pilot clinical trial show in which psilocybin outperformed nicotine patches in helping smokers quit.

A new study, published in JAMA Network Open, reports the outcome of a clinical trial out of Johns Hopkins University assessing the effectiveness of psilocybin as a treatment for smokers attempting to ...

Just one dose of psilocybin combined with therapy is associated with “significantly increased long-term abstinence” from cigarettes compared to nicotine patches, according to a new study published by ...

Nicotine patches and gums have been helping smokers quit for decades. Right? Even President Obama, once the Smoker in Chief, has kicked the habit with the help of nicotine replacement therapy, ...