And comments in The Atlantic from a participant in a current New York University study using psilocybin to treat anxiety associated with terminal illness also bring to life that historical tension between specific medical uses of psychedelics and their potential to change the very ways in which we experience society and ourselves: "The beauty of psilocybin is: it's not medication," the participant said. "You're not taking it and it solves your problem. You take it and you solve your problem yourself."