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March 2, 2025 5 mins

Wesley J. Smith, award-winning author, international lecturer, and public speaker discusses the push by bioethicists to use psychedelics. 

Read his article: Bioethicists Push Psychedelics to Make Life “Interesting” | Humanize

Wesley J. Smith is an award-winning author, international lecturer and public speaker. He left the full-time practice of law in 1985 to pursue a career in writing and public advocacy.

Writing

He is the author or coauthor of fourteen books, including:

  • Culture of Death: The Age of “Do Harm” Medicine
  • Forced Exit: Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide and the New Duty to Die 
  • Consumer’s Guide to a Brave New World
  • A Rat is a Pig is a Dog is a Boy: The Human Cost of the Animal Rights Movement
  • The War on Humans
  • Power Over Pain: How to Get the Pain Control You Need (co-authored with Eric M. Chevlen, MD)

Additionally, Smith has published hundreds of articles and opinion columns. He covers issues such as the importance of being human (human exceptionalism), assisted suicide, bioethics, eugenics, transhumanism, legal ethics, medical ethics, and public affairs.

As a result, his writing has appeared nationally and internationally including:

  • Newsweek
  • New York Times
  • The Wall Street Journal 
  • USA Today
  • Forbes

Further, Smith is often called upon by members of legislative and executive branches of government to give advice on issues within his fields of expertise. He has testified as an expert witness in front of federal and state legislative committees and has counseled government leaders internationally about matters of mutual concern.

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