In 1987 my University of New Mexico mentor, Glenn Peake, died suddenly on a snowy Christmas day while returning from his morning run. Saddened and grieving, I saw my research trajectory waver. There had been a split between the research I believed was “respectable” and what I personally felt most inclined to study. There was my melatonin research, and then there was my interest in psychedelics. Glenn’s premature death hastened the closing of that gap. During his memorial service, I remembered some of his most direct advice: “Do what you really want in research. Who cares what other people
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