War on Drugs

This program is another selection from the Timothy Leary archive. It features an October 1990 debate at Penn State University between Dr. Leary and his arch-enemy, the scandalous G. Gordon Liddy. One of my favorite segments in this debate, which wasn’t…

Psychedelic Salon

222-Ott: "Crimes Against Nature: The Civil War Against Drugs"

In this appeal to help Jonathan Ott recover from the arson that destroyed his house and laboratory, I am playing a recording of Jonathan reading from his book “Pharmacotheon: Entheogenic Drugs, Their Plant Sources and History”. After his talk I give a…

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208-Nadelmann: "It’s Time To End The War on Drugs"

In this November 2009 presentation at a PATH event in San Diego, Ethan Nadelmann, founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, gives not just facts and figures, but also includes a stirring call to bring reason into the debate about endi…

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163-Sententia: "Reality Syndromes & Cyberpunk Symptoms"

Today’s talk comes from the 2003 Mind States Conference in Berkeley, California where Dr. Wrye Sententia speaks about some interesting aspects of consciousness and the reality it creates. Here is an example of one of Wrye’s thought-provoking ideas”

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099-Various: "Controlling Culture" (Part 1)

At the Mind States Conference held at Berkeley, CA in May, 2003, a panel discussion was held on the topic of ways our culture is being controlled by the government. This program features the statements of three of the panelists, Ricard Glen Boire, Erik…

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037-Sand: "Reflections on Imprisonment and Liberation as Aspects of Consciousness"

Nick Sand, one of the original psychedelic guides from the Millbrook commune, alchemist, yogi, spiritual practitioner, and drug war victim, discusses the psychological states encountered as an underground chemist, a fugitive, and his five years in pris…

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