Conversations around psychedelics tend to revolve around the counterculture of the 1960s, the music and art they've influenced, and stories of bizarre trips. However, a new conversation about psychedelics is emerging. Promising research has come out showing that psychedelics can be an effective treatment for conditions such as addiction and depression, as well as helping terminal cancer patients come to terms with the inevitability of their own death. This semester, I plan to dive deep into this research explore how psychedelics can be used as medicine.