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Neurons to Nirvana
2013 · Film · documentary · 69 min
Directed by Mikki Willis, Oliver Hockenhull
Through interviews with leading psychologists and scientists, Neurons to Nirvana explores the history of four powerful psychedelic substances (LSD, Psilocybin, MDMA and Ayahuasca) and their previously established medicinal potential. Strictly focusing on the science and medicinal properties of these drugs, Neurons to Nirvana looks into why our society has created such a social and political bias against even allowing research to continue the exploration of any possible positive effects they can present in treating some of today's most challenging afflictions.
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Extremely powerful psychedelics are legal in many parts of the world, even the US under specific circumstances [peyote], some have been used for thousands of years. I can only see "abuse" as bullshit justification to keep them illegal.
On the flip-side, there are extremely powerful interests that are working against legalization. "Neurons to nirvana" is a great documentary that makes a good case for that.
Neurons to Nirvana is a fantastic recent documentary about psychedelics. Worth checking out, it's on Amazon, iTunes and Netflix.
Here's the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EpFWLrMhn0