The first time that I took LSD, I accepted three and a half tabs on my tongue from a man dressed up in a monkey suit. Despite the hot summer weather, I raided the winter wardrobe of the house I was ...

They were scientists and writers in the ’40s and ’50s, mystics and musicians in the ’60s and ’70s, neo-psychedelic counter-culturalists in the ’80s and ’90s. And in the 2010s, they’re back — as ...

It’s no secret that LSD causes vivid hallucinations, altered states of consciousness, one-ness with the universe, and a host of other psychedelic effects. But ever since the trippy chemical was ...

Diplo was “tripping” on LSD while appearing on CNN’s live New Year’s Eve broadcast Tuesday night. The DJ, 46, stunned the show’s co-hosts, Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper, as he made the admission ...

During his appearance on CNN's New Year's Eve Live With Andy Cohen & Anderson Cooper, Diplo admitted that he was tripping on LSD on live TV. "What’s the most conventional place that you’ve done LSD?" ...

Researchers are investigating whether the drug could be used in mainstream medicine—with and without its hallucinatory ...

A guided LSD trip inspired the album, said Musgraves. The "Golden Hour" singer heard a melancholy Bach song during her trip and it led to the album's tragedy theme. Visit Insider's homepage for more ...

I n the 1930s, the married anthropologists Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead had seen themselves as scientists seeking to expand the accepted limits of “normal” human behavior, communication, and ...

Lysergic acid diethylamide-25 was synthesized in a Swiss laboratory in 1938. Early researchers called it “psychotomimetic” because it caused psychosis akin to schizophrenia. In the 1950s, the British ...

Billie is a Newsweek Pop Culture and Entertainment Reporter based in London who has appeared online, in print and on radio. She has extensively covered pop culture, women's rights and lifestyle topics ...

It's a peculiar, droning sound, heard primarily in sci-fi television and counterculture music genres of yesteryear.Covered with multicolored buttons, blinking lights and patched-up cords, this strange ...