Andrew Weil, M.D., is a world-renowned leader and pioneer in the field of integrative medicine. Combining a Harvard education and a lifetime of practicing natural and preventive medicine, he is the founder and director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, where he is a clinical professor of medicine and professor of public health. A New York Times best-selling author, Dr. Weil is the author of 15 books on health and wellbeing, including Mind Over Meds: Know When Drugs Are Necessary, When Alternatives Are Better, and When to Let Your Body Heal on Its Own; Fast Food, Good Food; True Food: Seasonal, Sustainable, Simple, Pure; Spontaneous Happiness; Healthy Aging; and Eight Weeks to Optimum Health. He is the editorial director of DrWeil.com, the leading online resource for healthy living based on the philosophy of integrative medicine. He is also a founder and partner in the growing family of True Food Kitchen restaurants.

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The influence international travel had on Dr. Weil from an early age.
Dr. Weil's years at Harvard: first psychedelic experiences and early research on Cannabis.
Pioneering integrative medicine—and becoming classified as a "dangerous person" by the White House.
Dr. Weil's story of using Cannabis while speaking in front of Congress.
Expanding the paradigm of psychedelic research.
Defining Integrative Health.
Lessons from the psychedelic wave of the sixties.
Misunderstood medicinal and psychoactive plants.
The future of the psychedelic landscape.

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