Highlights of the October 6th issue of CMAJ, presented by Dr. John Fletcher, editor-in-chief. In this issue: austerity and fiscal prudence are health issues, food insecurity and annual health care costs, physician experience and patient outcomes, psychedelic medicine as a re-emerging therapy, cardiac Lyme borreliosis, voriconazole-induced periostitis, multifocal strokes with HIV infection, and more. Full issue table of contents: www.cmaj.ca/content/187/14.toc