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Why we love drugs

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

What's the Moral Model of Psychedelic Use?

The indigenous use of psychedelics goes back at least 6,000 years. In traditional cultures, you don't use a psychedelic alone. You're not doing it for thrills; you're doing it for this communal healing or practice of religion. That's still the way a lot of psychedelics are used in other cultures. And it seems to contribute more to social cohesion than the opposite.

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