The Intellectual Freedom Podcast with David D. Hopkins

I can still see the TV public service announcements in my brain. "This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs," as the camera sweeps to an egg sizzling in a frying pan. I was an 80s child, and this was the message we were all taught. 

It has been 50 years and well over a trillion dollars spent since President Nixon declared war on drugs. Yet, drug problems have intensified and proliferated. In 1973, illegal drug use was largely an American sport; now it is global. The current approach by democrat and republican presidents alike has not worked, and if we are honest, has never worked.

In this podcast, I had the opportunity to speak to a self-proclaimed ethical drug dealer. He discusses the failed 'war on drugs,' distinguishes between bad drugs and good drugs, legalization of drugs, and the promising science of psychedelics in treating everything from schizophrenia to stopping smoking.  

One thing is certain, what we have been doing is simply not working. This podcast takes on the topic of drugs, especially hallucinogens, in a new light. We leave behind preconceived dogma to evaluate this issue from the perspective of a person who has used and sold drugs for 50+ years.