Going on a shroom, DMT or acid trip may not sound like a conventional therapy session, but there’s a psychedelic revolution going on in the world of mental health treatment. Illegal drugs previously associated with hippies and raves are now being used to treat PTSD, depression, anxiety, addiction, and obsessive disorders.
This is the story of how incredible new research is bringing the therapeutic benefits of magic mushrooms, LSD, MDMA, and DMT to light – and how the War on Drugs has needlessly held this research back for 50 years.
Series:
In War On Drugs, we examine the social implications of
prohibition worldwide. Any attempt to shut down the trade in drugs such as heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, ketamine or weed invariably sets off a chain of events that just makes things worse, leaving a trail of death, illness, violence, slavery, addiction, crime, and inequality across the globe.
Everyone loses – except, in a weird kind of way, the drugs
themselves.
Watch more from this series:
How America Got Hooked on Opioids | The War on Drugs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJc-YI7OWfY
Debunking Crystal Meth Myths | The War on Drugs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-VkWkPs1aw
The War on Drugs is Racist to the Core | The War on Drugs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf5qFIpJ2sk
Ketamine: The Next Big Antidepressant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfmPu8l24wY
‘Spice’ is Britain’s Most Dangerous Drug https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L62rHDJFAkg
The Great MDMA Drought and Its Deadly Consequences https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUNvLPNLxSw
Why Portugal Decriminalized All Drugs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dU5yiKBqCk
Mephedrone: The Drug That Changed Dealing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvxZyMyc7go&list=UUn8zNIfYAQNdrFRrr8oibKw
Is the Netherlands Turning Into a Narco-State?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig5uP2R_9bg&list=PLDbSvEZka6GGanXjSfH1bQNVheppFQWWo&index=4
How America Got Hooked on Opioids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJc-YI7OWfY&list=PLDbSvEZka6GGanXjSfH1bQNVheppFQWWo&index=9
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