So It Looks Like Psychedelics Research Is A Big Mess

There are no shortcuts here: If you want to help people, you HAVE TO do rigorous science and communicate your findings honestly

I’d been meaning to look into the research on psychedelics forever. It’s a fascinating, tantalizing area: what if a single psilocybin (mushroom) or LSD trip, conducted in a safe clinical setting, could massively ameliorate anxiety, depression, existential fear in the wake of a terminal cancer diagnosis, and other psychological maladies? That’s what some…