Lsd in particular, could pass current fda guide lines that you have to show a drug is both safe and effective. We've seen already that it can reduce anxiety and depression in people who have a cancer diagnosis. So i think there's a very good chance we'll find efficacy. If we get half the treatment effect we've seen in that in the cancer anxiety study, it would be better than a lot of things out there.
Michael Pollan has long been fascinated by nature and the ways we connect and clash with it, with decades of writing covering food, farming, cooking, and architecture. Pollan's latest fascination? Our widespread and ancient desire to use nature to change our consciousness.
He joins Tyler to discuss his research and experience with psychedelics, including what kinds of people most benefit from them, what it can teach us about profundity, how it can change your personality and political views, the importance of culture in shaping the experience, the proper way to integrate it into mainstream practice, and - most importantly of all - whether it's any fun.
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Recorded July 20th, 2018 Other ways to connect