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Podcast: Mind Body Health & Politics
Episode: From Taboo to Transformation: How Psychedelic Societies Are Shifting the Narrative Globally
Description: Dear listeners,For decades, psychedelics were taboo—demonized and pushed into the shadows by misguided policies. Though I began hosting radio programs on psychedelic science as early as 2005, at the time I felt largely alone in my advocacy.Just before one of my shows, as my guest—medical anthropologist Marcia Rosenbaum—and I prepared to discuss harm reduction on-air, my producer looked up at me and said that the White House was on the line.The White House? What could they want?It turned out the Drug Czar himself wanted to argue...