After the drug was dismissed by the pharmaceutical company that developed it, a researcher started experimenting on himself with it. Powerful hallucinations ensued.

Her husband, Ted Hughes, drew on his childhood to create powerful poetry.

“As scientists we have a responsibility to be accurate about such comparisons.”

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“I’m still very much puzzled about how this is possible."