A Medicalization-Only Model Limits the Psychedelic Experience
Journalist Rich Haridy discusses his concerns with boxing psychedelics into a medicalized container.
Journalist Rich Haridy discusses his concerns with boxing psychedelics into a medicalized container.
Russell, Mike, and Neşe sit down with journalist Rich Haridy and Dr. Samuel Douglas to discuss bush doofs, Australian psychedelic commercialization, Entheogenesis Australis, Haridy's new book, and more.
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