From the New York Times to Johns Hopkins University to the FDA, psychedelic natural medicine is making headlines for its healing properties. Research shows natural medicine can be up to two times as effective as antidepressants — helping people struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, and other challenging mental health issues.

Psychedelic Treatment with Psilocybin Relieves Major Depression, Study Shows

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that two doses of the psychedelic substance psilocybin, given with supportive psychotherapy, produced rapid and large reductions in depressive symptom.

Veterans Have Become Unlikely Lobbyists in Push to Legalize Psychedelic Drugs

Jose Martinez, a former Army gunner whose right arm and both legs were blown off by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, has a new calling: He’s become one of the most effective lobbyists in a campaign to legalize the therapeutic use of psychedelic drugs across the country.

Psilocybin, the active ingredient in ‘magic mushrooms,’ makes scientific gains

Johns Hopkins University and others over the last decade have shown promise in using psilocybin in tandem with talk therapy to help longtime smokers quit smoking, ease anxiety in people with terminal cancer, and reduce symptoms of major depression.