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Podcast: The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie
Episode: Psychedelics Are Not Just for Hippies and Tech Bros
Description: Today's guest is Joe Dolce, whose new book is Modern Psychedelics: The Handbook for Mindful Exploration.
Dolce argues that psychedelics aren't just the province of hippies or tech bros anymore. They are powerful and increasingly popular—and legal—tools for therapy, self-discovery, and play.
He talks with Gillespie about everything from the misunderstood role of ketamine in Friends star Matthew Perry's death to why ibogaine may be the only substance on Earth that can stop addiction cold, to how we went from "Just Say No!" campaigns to mail-order magic mushrooms in just a few short decades.<...