Hold Off On Psychedelics If You're Young

By Leo Gura - April 13, 2026

I recommend that you don’t do psychedelic until the age of at least 25, so that they don’t derail your focus on mastering survival. I also recommend you don’t get into heavy, regular use of psychedelics until at least the age of 30, for the same reason. Heavy and regular use of psychedelics will significantly derail your work on basic survival, family, relationships, career, and business. You need to have those things in place before you dive deep into trans-human states of consciousness or your overall life will be negatively impacted. Your 20’s should be focused on mastering basic survival: career/business, dating & social life, practical self-help, practical psychology, life purpose, financial security, emotional stability — not chasing mystical states.

Be strategic about how you pace all this out. It is not good to dive early into psychedelics while the rest of your life is a half-baked mess. Your 20’s is all about building the practical foundation to handle all your basic survival needs, so you are not desperate and cornered. If you trip a couple times a year between 25-30, that’s okay. But if you’re tripping weekly or even daily, that will derail your foundation-building too much.

If you take a lot of psychedelics, they will disillusion you with material life. This is okay later on in life, but a big problem early on in life before you solved survival. I am so disillusioned with life that it’s hard for me to even care about business, finances, dating, family. This is dangerous for an unestablished youngster. Disillusionment is a serious thing. You don’t want to be dealing with it while you are starting your business or career. Working on material success demands a certain level of illusionment. Deep spiritual work isn’t free, it has a cost, which is why most people don’t do it.

I even want to go as far as saying, don’t do psychedelics at all until you’re 30+. The longer you hold off the better. I want you to be successful before you open that can of worms. I know that’s disappointing for those of you who are eager, but psychedelics are truly no light matter.

Click Here to see ALL of Leo's juicy insights.