How to Use psilocybin in a Sentence

psilocybin

noun
  • One way to make psilocybin trips less intense is to shorten them.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
  • None of the products contained any psilocybin at all.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
  • As an aside, some might be wondering about the dosage of psilocybin given in this study.
    — New Atlas, 30 Apr. 2025
  • All of this points to the greater need for research into promising drugs like psilocybin.
    — Cory Stieg, refinery29.com, 19 Oct. 2021
  • In one pilot study, smokers got two or three doses of psilocybin.
    — Michael Pollan, WSJ, 3 May 2018
  • There are plenty of psychedelics researchers could work on, but the focus is on psilocybin.
    — The Economist, 7 June 2019
  • In fact, this study marks the first time that psilocybin has been found in any fungi except mushrooms.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 29 June 2019
  • But psilocybin has been studied for some symptoms that overlap with menopause.
    — Jennifer Chesak, Verywell Health, 13 July 2023
  • Full-dose psilocybin trips usually run in excess of six hours.
    — Wired, 28 July 2022
  • Matthews and Fluck very much respect the power of psilocybin.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 10 June 2019
  • How do psilocybin mushrooms work?
    — Hollis Karoly, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
  • But this group of mothers is bucking that trend and using psilocybin to heal trauma.
    — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2022
  • But many are psychoactive compounds, such as psilocybin and psilocin.
    — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
  • And, like cannabis, psilocybin has minimal risk of lethal overdose.
    — Kevin F. Boehnke, The Conversation, 10 May 2024
  • In the new study, one group of 48 people received two doses of psilocybin a month apart.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Early research shows psilocybin helps smokers quit the habit.
    — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2023
  • As psilocybin has become more available, more people are giving retreats like these a try.
    — Natalia V. Osipova, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
  • One month later, the woman received a second 3-gram dose of psilocybin.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
  • Both Ali and Katz underlined that psilocybin is not a magic cure-all.
    — Natalia V. Osipova, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The Hallmark card-ish content of messages like that could be what turns many people away from the idea of psilocybin.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2022
  • This amounts to more than 5 million adults using psilocybin in 2023 alone.
    — Hollis Karoly, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The number of people who reported using psilocybin in the past year also has climbed.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 13 May 2025
  • With consent from her legal guardians, the woman was enrolled in a psilocybin trial in Brazil.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
  • The volunteer had received the placebo, a trivial dose of psilocybin.
    — Brendan Borrell, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Registration prices include psilocybin mushrooms, which are served in capsules and tea or on their own.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The trick to this framework is that the consumption of psilocybin can occur in these centers and these centers only.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Her past use of psilocybin also raised eyebrows, as did her lack of a medical license and her business ventures.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The study was designed to test the safety of different dosages of the proprietary version of psilocybin.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 2 Nov. 2022
  • When his oldest son turned 12, Vance admitted to giving his son psilocybin to sell to friends.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
  • In rats, the psilocybin treatment produced results that persisted for hours after the compound had been cleared from the body.
    — Melissa Healy, latimes.com, 12 June 2018

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