EssayResearch & science
What we mean when we say a drug "works"
Psychedelic trials report dramatic numbers. Understanding what those numbers measure — and what they quietly leave out — is the first step to reading them honestly.
Essays
Long-form writing, held to evidence
Pieces that take their time — about what the science shows, what it doesn’t, and what it asks of us.
EssayPsychedelic therapy
The room matters as much as the molecule
"Set and setting" is often treated as a slogan. In clinical practice it is closer to the active ingredient — and treating it casually is where harm tends to begin.
EssayPsychedelic therapy
After the session: why integration is the real work
The dramatic part is over in a day. Whether anything changes depends on the unglamorous weeks that follow — and on having somewhere to bring what surfaced.
EssayDepression & anxiety
"Treatment-resistant" doesn't mean person-resistant
The clinical label describes what medicines have failed to do, not what a person is. That distinction changes how we read the research — and how we treat the people in it.
EssayTrauma & PTSD
The body keeps the appointment
Trauma is not only a memory problem. Understanding why it lives in the body helps explain why some emerging therapies work on the body's terms, not the mind's alone.
EssayPolicy & access
Who gets to be a patient?
If psychedelic therapy becomes a real treatment, the next question is not whether it works but who will be able to reach it — and whether access will follow need or money.