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#605: Hamilton Morris and Dr. Mark Plotkin — Exploring the History of Psychoactive Substances, Synthetic vs. Natural Options, Microdosing, 5-MeO-DMT, The “Drunken Monkey” Hypothesis, Timothy Leary’s Legacy, and More

The Tim Ferriss Show

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The Placebo Effect

Alexander shulgan, better known as sasha, was the first human being to try substances that did not exist in the known universe until they were synthesized in his ab. He drank orange juice with morphine and it had this miraculous ajasic effect. Later he asked the nurse, you know, how much morphine was that in the juice? And she said, o-know, thathat It was sugar. So he came to realize that his own mind was capable of producing these sorts of experiences.

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