TA: &quot;The fact that the effects last beyond the time that you take the medication -- that&#x27;s really a new paradigm in psychiatry.&quot;<p>I have no doubt that psychedelics are capable of producing lasting changes in behaviors, habits, or outlooks. Actually, I&#x27;d be surprised if that particular point is at all controversial.<p>However, prespcribing a psychedlic that could have lasting impacts on a person for &quot;reasons we don&#x27;t understand&quot; seems... unnecessarily dangerous, whenever an alternative exists. Which of course is only an argument for more research.