Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Closer to Medicinal Use

Re:Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Closer to Medicinal Use by jrowley on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @04:16PM (#18134415)

If you are interested in learning more about psychedelics, and their context in 2018, I'd recommend UC Berkeley Professor Michael Pollan's latest book "How to Change Your Mind". It is a really nice, easy to read primer on the topic, and his experience with psychedelics. He approaches the topic with a scientific yet accessible tone, and he asks and answers lots of good questions. Pollan interviews many of the people mentioned in this New York Times article.

Go put your name on the list at your local library!

https://www.amazon.com/Change-Your-Mind-Consciousness-Transc...

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Re:Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Closer to Medicinal Use by parondea on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @04:37PM (#18134614)

I just finished the book and would recommend it to those who are interested in the long history of psychedelic research and the future of it. However, I think most of what I took from the book can be captured on the few podcasts he's been interviewed on. Specifically his chats with Tyler Cowen [1] and Kevin Rose [2] were particularly interesting.

[1] https://medium.com/conversations-with-tyler/michael-pollan-t...

[2] https://www.kevinrose.com/single-post/Michael-Pollan

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Re:Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Closer to Medicinal Use by qwerty456127 on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @04:24PM (#18134496)

Definitely a cool dude. I've watched his cooking show on Netflix a couple of days ago, his philosophy impressed me and I've found out about his books too. Didn't know he also is a Berkeley professor.

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Re:Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Closer to Medicinal Use by Reedx on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @04:35PM (#18134601)

He also gave a great talk about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuhmZSFvhL0

Well worth a watch for anyone even remotely interested in the topic.

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Re:Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Closer to Medicinal Use by jrowley on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @07:57PM (#18135855)

This talk is excellent, and I've already read the book. Thanks for sharing!

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Re:Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Closer to Medicinal Use by arthurcolle on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @04:33PM (#18134586)

I second this recommendation. it's a well thought out and well-organized exposé of this topic. Could be tightened up a bit, but the prose makes a pretty inpenetrable topic quite accessible

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Re:Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Closer to Medicinal Use by yboris on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @05:08PM (#18134829)

I third this recommendation! I listened to it in audio book form -- narrated by the author himself -- a real pleasure!

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