KevinMD May 13, 2022
Like many fellow Americans, I had my first psychedelic experience in the middle of the pandemic, in a place where the use of psychedelics is decriminalized.
I grew up in a Communist country, and the ban and stigma against psychedelics were tremendous. There was no plant medicine available, and I didn’t know even one person using anything other than alcohol and prescription drugs.
I read Michael Pollan’s book How to Change Your Mind about five years ago and read all the articles in the New York Times about the benefits of psychedelics for mental health. I was intrigued. I didn’t know what to expect; everybody’s descriptions were vague and hard to grasp. I needed a lived experience.
So, with the...