#  Front of mind for Michael Pollan: psychedelics 

 





December 01, 2023

 

 

 At more than a dozen U.S. universities, a new generation is researching constructive uses of mushrooms, ecstasy, and other consciousness-altering drugs.

 Most are focused on hardcore scientific and medical applications, said Michael Pollan, the Lewis K. Chan Arts Lecturer and a professor of the practice of nonfiction writing. “But there are other ways in which I think psychedelics are going to re-enter our society,” he added.

 Pollan appeared last Wednesday at Fong Auditorium at something of a kickoff for Harvard’s Study of Psychedelics in Society and Culture initiative, which was established earlier this year with a $16 million gift from the Gracias Family Foundation.  
  
You can read more from *The Harvard Gazette* [here](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/11/michael-pollan-looks-at-re-entry-of-psychedelics/).



 

 

 



 

 

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