In 2016, Chelsea Handler filmed her ayahuasca ceremony for the Netflix docuseries Chelsea Does. In the decade that’s followed ...

My first ayahuasca ceremony was life-changing. I had no history with psychedelics before attending a retreat in the jungle in March 2014. I’m an eating disorder therapist and researcher, and I’d heard ...

A recent systematic review published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology suggests that using classic psychedelics is linked ...

Is ayahuasca a natural remedy for anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder or just another drug fad? Lisa Ling goes inside an ayahuasca ceremony in the Amazon on this week’s episode of “This Is Life ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pitcher of ayahuasca, right, sits on an altar covered by a bundle of leaves called a “wayra” used in a spiritual ceremony hosted ...

Ayahuasca, the psychedelic brew that originated in the Amazon, has become popular among Brooklyn hipsters and Silicon Valley biohackers alike as a recreational drug and ticket to a living room ...

Ayahuasca is a hell of a drug. Well, according to Aaron Rodgers, it isn't. Rodgers apparently really loves two things: Football and psychedelic drugs — namely, ayahuasca. His penchant for his Peruvian ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The psychedelic substance ayahuasca has been part of indigenous rituals ...

In the heart of the Amazon, women travel by boat to the wild town of Iquitos before driving deep into the jungle. Inside thatched huts, the symphony of frogs and insects builds to a crescendo and the ...

A recent paper published in the academic journal Nature argues that the ceremonial use of ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic drink, may help quell the personality dimension that many psychologists view as ...

Every day, hundreds of tourists arrive in Iquitos, Peru, seeking spiritual catharsis or just to trip their heads off. But increasingly often their trip becomes a nightmare, and some of them don’t go ...

Inside an unassuming house in a small, nondescript village north of Madrid, 18 people are gathered in a room lined with mattresses. It looks like a giant sleepover. Only the carefully positioned blue ...