ONE of the last times I saw Robin Carhart-Harris, I was absolutely off my head on MDMA. On a Monday morning. He knew, because he was the one who gave it to me. He scanned my brain, put me through some psychological tests, and talked to me for what felt like hours about how I was feeling. I remember him being calming and patient. Then again, I was on drugs. Today I'm completely straight, but he is still calming and patient. It's a character trait that must come in handy when you spend hours sitting with people who are having powerful psychoactive experiences. He has probably clocked up as many hours doing this as any scientist since the heyday of psychedelic drug research in the 1950s and 60s.
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