Plants of the Gods: Hallucinogens, Healing, Culture and Conservation podcast

Plants of the Gods: S4E10. Cannabis: Seeing Through the Smoke

Jun 14, 2023

51:23

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

Seeing Through the Smoke

5min

The Importance of Cannabis in Addiction

3min

The Harms of Marijuana

3min

The Dangers of Marijuana

3min

John Lennon and the Drug War

4min

The Propaganda Campaign of Harry Anslinger

3min

The Love Hate Relationship Between Politicians and Hemp

2min

The History of Cannabis and Pain

5min

10.

The Importance of Evidence in Cannabis Research

3min

11.

How to Be an Expert on Marijuana

2min

12.

The Importance of Driving

5min

13.

Cannabinoids and Cancer

5min

14.

The Future of Cannabis

2min

15.

The Power of Cannabis

2min

16.

Raphael McClellan and the History of Cannabis

3min

17.

The End of the War on Drugs

2min

Season 4 of Plants of the Gods wraps up today with an episode featuring Peter Grinspoon, MD, cannabis specialist at Harvard Medical School. During this conversation, Dr. Plotkin and Dr. Grinspoon discuss everything from the pain-relieving and uplifting qualities of cannabis sought by people with chronic illnesses to marijuana in popular culture (cannabis trilogy to brush up on your history!), as well as his father’s successful efforts to fend off the Nixon Administration’s attempts to deport John Lennon because of a cannabis conviction. Join us today for this captivating interview.