Higher than the Shoulders of Giants; Or, a Scientist’s History of Drugs

Ten Drugs- thomas Hager

People have different diseases, doctors hold different ideas about those diseases, and diseases carry different meanings in society

No drug is good, no drug is bad, for every drug is both

Poppy seeds- over 10,000 years ago- in today’s Syria

Opium was appealing because it always pitched the body while romancing the imagination... See more

What’s happening: In the 1970s, psychedelics were criminalized, effectively ending research into therapeutic uses. More recently, regulators have eased restrictions on psychedelic research, fast-tracking clinical studies and legitimizing the space.

“I came of age at a magical time,” he reflected later. “Our consciousness was raised by Zen, and also by LSD.” Even later in life he would credit psychedelic drugs for making him more enlightened. “Taking LSD was a profound experience, one of the most important things in my life. LSD shows you that there’s another side to the coin, and you can’t re

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