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psychoactive

[sahy-koh-ak-tiv] / ˌsaɪ koʊˈæk tɪv /


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But the mushrooms used in coffees, like lion's mane, are a different species to magic mushrooms and aren't psychoactive.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

McConnell, who championed hemp back in 2018, has since argued in favor of closing what he has called a loophole that allows psychoactive products to be marketed as legal alternatives to marijuana.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

Ibogaine is a psychoactive compound from the root bark of a West African shrub and has been used by Indigenous people for medical and spiritual purposes for hundreds of years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025

Companies are also starting forays into other mushrooms that aren’t psychoactive but have other reported cognitive effects.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2024

The study is the first to reveal such a strong evolutionary pattern within the gene sequences underpinning the psychoactive proteins synthesis.

From Science Daily • Jan. 9, 2024