Sitting cross-legged on a blanket in his Soho apartment, Barrett Pall inhaled toad-venom smoke through a glass stem pipe. Thirty seconds later, he was crying. “I was crying really hard, yelling ‘I’m ...

A viral park warning revived myths about psychedelic toads, but scientists say licking them brings danger, conservation risks ...

Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has had an explosive career in and out of the ring. He became the youngest boxer, at 20, to win the world heavyweight championship in 1986. The pugilist, ...

It is becoming increasingly accepted that classic psychedelics like LSD, psilocybin, ayahuasca, and mescaline can act as antidepressants and anti-anxiety treatments in addition to causing ...

Besides being one of the most intimidating human beings ever to step into the boxing ring, former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson is also in the process of becoming a master at the art of dying. He’s ...

Toad venom (Chansu), first documented in the "Yaoxing Lun" (Treatise on the Properties of Medicines), is a treasured traditional Chinese medicinal material. The "Bencao Gangmu" (Compendium of Materia ...

The National Park Service has a few simple requests for its guests who want to enjoy the outdoors: Pick up your trash, be mindful of your campfires, and please don’t lick the Sonoran Desert toads. The ...

A powerful hallucinogenic drug which people are said to consume by licking the back of poisonous toads could offer promise as a treatment for depression. The drug 5-methocy-N,-N-dimethyltryptamine ...

Mike Tyson's inspiration to return to the boxing ring at the age of 54 against Roy Jones Jr. came from an unusual source. Speaking to reporters Friday, Tyson explained that toad venom played a role in ...

Biopharma company Enveric Biosciences ENVB has shared new findings involving the first-ever isolation of a specific enzyme from the cane toad, plus the successful development of a bioproduction ...

Mike Tyson told The New York Post that he "died" the first time he tried Sonoran Desert Toad venom. Tyson was explaining how the venom changed his life at a psychedelic conference in Miami. The toad ...