For Mike Tyson to resume his boxing career, he got some assistance from a psychedelic toxin and a shaman that oversaw the process. "You see a toad, you bust its puss, you put it on like a mirror, and ...

… the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in its head. Shakespeare’s contemporaries carried on their persons, usually in rings, certain “stones” cut from the heads of big, old toads.

A colorado river toad (Incilius alvarius). The rarely seen amphibian is native to parts of Northwestern Mexico and the Southwestern U.S. Image: Vladimir Wrangel (Shutterstock) A potential depression ...

Behold the Colorado River toad. Also known as the Sonoran Desert toad, these bulbous fellas pack a psychedelic punch just below the surface. Their venom, which they can secrete through glands on their ...

Mike Tyson has revealed smoking toad venom has mellowed him. Former heavyweight champion Tyson was one of the most feared boxers in history due to his explosive style but also had problems away from ...

Hallucinogenic compounds that activate multiple receptors, found in Colorado River toads, show “promising transdiagnostic therapeutic with rapid and lasting effects” for conditions such as depression ...

Police have seized several bottles of toad poison and 11 litres of the psychedelic drug ayahuasca during a series of raids at a “spiritual retreat” in eastern Spain. Three people were arrested after ...