Show 1188: The Healing Potential of Psychedelic Drugs: New Day!

About this episode

The episode explores the traditional uses of psychedelic compounds by indigenous peoples and the history of LSD in Western medicine.

Many indigenous peoples around the world have developed traditional uses for psychedelic compounds. In Western medicine, these were mostly unknown until Albert Hoffmann synthesized LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) in 1938. He later tried to figure out how it might be used after having an extraordinary personal experience. By the mid to late 1960s, psychedelic drugs […]

People in this episode

Hosts: Joe Graedon, Terry Graedon

Topics covered

• psychedelic drugs
• indigenous practices
• Western medicine
• LSD
• healing potential

Keywords

• psychedelic drugs
• healing
• LSD
• indigenous peoples
• Western medicine

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)

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