A New Book · Summer 2026

The sensible case for psychedelics, without the dogma.

An evidence-based, values-grounded look at psychedelics for people who care about faith, family, personal responsibility, and ordered freedom — and who have never felt at home in the existing psychedelic conversation.

Cover of Sensible Psychedelics by Wesley Smith and Karen King
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About the book

This is a book about…

Psychedelics got coded as left-wing, and that label has kept out the very people who may need them most. Sensible Psychedelics makes the case that, used responsibly, these medicines belong to the skeptical, the politically homeless, and the center-right as much as anyone else.

  • They're already helping veterans, cops, and first responders heal from trauma.
  • Used with care, they can strengthen faith, family, and personal responsibility.
  • The movement leans hard left, and it needs the very people it keeps shutting out.
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Where to find us.

Long-form interviews, short clips, essays, and the podcast — wherever you already spend your time.

Curated resources

The Library

Books, organizations, and research worth your time — curated, categorized, and free of the usual noise.

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Free Guides

Start with the basics, done responsibly.

Plain, careful, harm-reduction-minded guides. Enter your name and email and we'll send them straight over.

Guide · 6 pages

The Five Biggest Fears of First-Time Journeyers

The worries that stop sensible people cold — named plainly, and answered with care.

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Guide · 8 pages

How to Talk to Your Doctor

A practical script for raising psychedelic therapy with a physician without the conversation going sideways.

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Guide · 5 pages

Five Questions Your Facilitator Needs to Answer Correctly

How to tell credible, careful practitioners from everyone else. The checklist we wish existed.

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The Authors

Who's behind this.

Wesley Smith, JD

Author

A writer and technology executive who came to this subject the hard way, after a paragliding accident and a long recovery reshaped how he thinks about healing, freedom, and how serious people can approach these medicines.

Karen King, LMHC

Co-Author · Clinician

A licensed mental health counselor with experience in therapeutic healing and trauma-informed practice — a professional's credibility grounding a careful, non-ideological argument.