hallucinogens

When you can’t trust what you see: Life with a perception disorder

For two years after smoking cannabis, Curtis LeBlanc experienced hallucinatory effects. ‘Walls rippled in the corners of my eyes; visual static blanketed my entire waking life.’

Why food guru Michael Pollan decided to feed his head with psychedelic drugs

Pollan argues that hallucinogens have ‘enormous potential’ to treat depression and other mental illnesses