They were wary; a change in treatment by the outside world would color their experiences under the influence of The Way Home. It was Winton’s idea not to schedule back-to-back meetings with the participants. She wanted them to do everything in their power to make sure participants had no contact with or knowledge of the others who were taking GKD. Neither one of them wanted their test results skewed by subjects comparing their reactions to the drug. They wanted the feelings reported to be the participants’ own. Casper was the only subject who hadn’t gotten his medication. Winton had asked him to wait outside the lab. Winton lowered her voice. “Look, I know I said yes to Gedsic, but I’ve changed my mind, I don’t want him in the study. I think we’re asking for trouble having a student who’s attempted suicide.” “He didn’t attempt it, he thought about it.” Friedrich had already lit one of her cigarettes before he remembered he’d quit. “He did more than think about it.
