[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":128},["ShallowReactive",2],{"guide-questions-to-ask":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":118,"description":119,"extension":120,"meta":121,"navigation":122,"order":123,"path":124,"seo":125,"stem":126,"__hash__":127},"guides\u002Fguides\u002Fquestions-to-ask.md","Questions to ask any program before you pay",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":113},"minimark",[9,13,84,89,107],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Addiction treatment has always attracted operators who sell hope by the week, and psychedelics have given them a new vocabulary. These questions are meant to be asked out loud, and the point is as much how they are answered as what is said.",[14,15,16,24,36,42,48,54,60,66,72,78],"ol",{},[17,18,19,23],"li",{},[20,21,22],"strong",{},"Is what you offer legal here, and under what licence?"," A good answer names the licence: a medical practice prescribing ketamine off-label, a state-licensed psilocybin service, a registered trial. A bad answer talks about a legal grey area.",[17,25,26,29,30,35],{},[20,27,28],{},"Do you require detox or a period of stability before starting, and who assesses that?"," Yes, and a clinician, are the right answers. See ",[31,32,34],"a",{"href":33},"\u002Fguides\u002Fwithdrawal-first","withdrawal first",".",[17,37,38,41],{},[20,39,40],{},"Who is medically responsible during a session?"," A name and a credential. Not \"our trained team\".",[17,43,44,47],{},[20,45,46],{},"What therapy is included, who delivers it, and how many sessions before and after the medicine?"," The trials that worked used structured therapy. A program that is medicine plus a waiting room is not following the evidence.",[17,49,50,53],{},[20,51,52],{},"What happens if I have a frightening experience, or if I relapse afterward?"," Both happen. A program that has not thought about either has not run many sessions.",[17,55,56,59],{},[20,57,58],{},"Will you talk to my doctor, counsellor or treatment program?"," If not, why not.",[17,61,62,65],{},[20,63,64],{},"What does it cost in total, including therapy and follow-up, and what is refundable?"," Written down.",[17,67,68,71],{},[20,69,70],{},"What are your outcomes, and how do you know?"," Honest programs say the evidence comes from trials and they track their own results informally. Dishonest ones quote a success rate.",[17,73,74,77],{},[20,75,76],{},"Do you guarantee anything?"," No is the only acceptable answer.",[17,79,80,83],{},[20,81,82],{},"Can you point me to the study your protocol is based on?"," They should be able to name it. For ketamine and alcohol it is usually the KARE trial; for psilocybin and alcohol, the NYU trial.",[85,86,88],"h2",{"id":87},"red-flags-that-end-the-conversation","Red flags that end the conversation",[90,91,92,95,98,101,104],"ul",{},[17,93,94],{},"Any offer of psilocybin, MDMA, ibogaine or ayahuasca outside a licensed program or a registered trial.",[17,96,97],{},"Pressure to pay a deposit before screening.",[17,99,100],{},"Discouraging you from involving your own doctor or your existing recovery supports.",[17,102,103],{},"Testimonials in place of a description of the protocol.",[17,105,106],{},"A success rate.",[10,108,109],{},[110,111,112],"em",{},"This is general information, not medical advice.",{"title":114,"searchDepth":115,"depth":115,"links":116},"",2,[117],{"id":87,"depth":115,"text":88},"2026-09-19","Ten questions that separate a program built on the evidence from one built on the marketing, and what a good answer sounds like.","md",{},true,3,"\u002Fguides\u002Fquestions-to-ask",{"title":5,"description":119},"guides\u002Fquestions-to-ask","3SoHJYk-VIaIPwyUP6P972TtcPCXNiOTXrxDZsi8GOY",1791062337063]