For decades psychedelics have lived in the backgrounds of minds,policy and societal acceptance at large. Today, psychedelics emerge from the fringes and enter the mainstream through successful ballot initiatives, the stock market and even Silicon Valley. But it’s not profound visual, earth-shattering trips like the ones that inspired Steve Jobs to create the iPhone that are being hyped. It’s Microdosing.

Microdosing involves regularly consuming a small, sub-perceptual amount of a psychedelic substance, such as psilocybin mushrooms or LSD. Contrary to popular belief, users do not experience hallucinations or sensory altering effects but results are stunning medical researchers.