Applied Research Through DMT
Altered Reality · Autonoetic Reflection
Daily Field Notes on emerging psychedelic research, plus long-form essays on pharmacology, policy, ethics, and the cultures that grew these compounds. Written by Stephen Page — independent, evidence-led.
Essays
Long-form work
Comprehensive, referenced essays intended to stand as canonical references on their subject. New essays appear rarely; each takes weeks to write.
Featured Essay · 54 min read
Endogenous DMT in Humans: A Critical Review of the State of the Evidence
A critical review of the evidence, the inferences drawn from it, and the limits of cross-species extrapolation: detection, biosynthesis, function and psychoactive sufficiency .
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Ethics
The Room and the Record
There is a claim in psychedelic research that has been repeated for sixty years without being tied convincingly to a lasting biological measurement. It goes like this: the drug is not the whole story.