Does LSD have a place in your medicine cabinet? In How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence, Professor Michael Pollan explores the history of psychedelics in the scientific community to assess whether LSD, psilocybin, or similar synthetic drugs have a place in modern mental health therapy.

Pollan interviews shamans and scientists and psychonauts, summarizes relevant peer-reviewed literature, and even embarks on his own “trips” to discover the gray area where spirituality and science meet. Fans of Johann Hari and The Omnivore’s Dilemma won’t want to miss this book.