Description
Altered States: A Field Guide to Your Brain on Drugs
By Jeremy Wolfe
Softcover – First Edition (Preorder)
Description:
Altered States is a comprehensive field guide to the modern psychedelic landscape—an illustrated, scientifically grounded exploration of what happens inside your brain when consciousness shifts.
Written by neuroscientist and harm-reduction educator Jeremy Wolfe, this book combines biochemistry, cultural history, and lived experience to explain how psychedelics, stimulants, dissociatives, and empathogens interact with the mind and body. Each chapter blends rigorous neuroscience with practical harm-reduction advice, showing readers not just what these molecules do, but how to navigate them with knowledge, respect, and intention.
It’s not a manifesto. It’s a manual.
Whether you’re a curious newcomer, a seasoned psychonaut, or a clinician interested in the human side of neuroscience, Altered States offers a balanced, deeply informed look at the chemistry of consciousness and the art of using it wisely.
Inside you’ll find:
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Accessible explanations of how neurotransmitters shape thought, emotion, and identity
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In-depth guides to Cannabis, MDMA, LSD, psilocybin, ketamine, nitrous oxide, DMT, and more
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Evidence-based harm reduction protocols, supplement stacks, and recovery strategies
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Practical insights on “set and setting,” integration, and the science of safer use
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Over 200 pages of clear, illustrated guidance written with care, humor, and humanity
Edition Details:
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Format: Softcover, full text and illustrations
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Length: Approx. 225 pages
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Size: 5.5″ x 8.5″ Matte Pillow-finish Softcover
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Printed in the USA
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Release Date: Fall 2026
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Includes: Access to future digital updates and supplementary online resources
Preorders ship as soon as the first edition is released. Early supporters will receive exclusive access to research links, updated harm-reduction resources, and author notes as they’re published.
