Psilocybin use among Basotho healers and non-healers in southern Africa
April 23, 2026 Eli Stark-Elster, Mamosebetsi Sethathi, Breyten Van der Merwe et al.
Reliable documentation of the traditional use of serotonergic psychedelics has long been confined to the Americas. Prevailing narratives often overstate the global prevalence and uniformity of traditional psychedelic use, extrapolating from a limited set of well-documented cases. Here, we report evidence of psilocybin mushroom use among Basotho traditional healers and non-healers in Lesotho and...