In the world of science, it's hard for an idea to gain traction without being first published in a peer-reviewed journal, where it can then be later cited.

As an example, before the Imperial College crew could do their ground-breaking psilocybin studies, both they, and others, put out a vareity of more theoretical pieces that don't immediately provide useful data, but help build a strong foundation from which to pitch future research.

Now, it's complicated because 1) Fronteirs exists in kind of a weird space, where it is peer-reviewed, but often seen as a little more 'fringe,' and doesn't fit in quite as well with the established cannon of journals, and 2) Strassman is kind of a loon so who knows what he's up to.

Infectedstyle: I was responding mostly to this part of your post, which did not seem psychedelic specific (the "all other hard drugs" thing):

Blessings

~ND