Long-Term Follow-Up of Psilocybin-Facilitated Smoking Cessation

Record summary

Researchers at Johns Hopkins reported long-term follow-up from a pilot program combining psilocybin sessions with smoking-cessation treatment. Participants described intense altered states, autobiographical material, and personally meaningful experiences, while abstinence outcomes were tracked over time. The lead matters for comparing transformative consciousness experiences with behavioral change, therapeutic framing, and retrospective meaning attribution. It is not a psi experiment and does not demonstrate paranormal effects. The small, selected sample and absence of a conventional randomized comparison limit causal conclusions.