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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Across the ages, opium has been regarded as both a gift and a bane.
Chapter 2: Getting and using opium isn’t as hard as most people assume.
Chapter 3: Plants first evolved caffeine to lure pollinators.
Chapter 4: Coffee has played a pivotal part in religion, politics, philosophy, and even economics.
Chapter 5: Caffeine itself isn’t harmful, but it really wreaks havoc on our sleep.
Chapter 6: Mescaline briefly changes how our brains actually handle information.
Chapter 7: Historically, peyote was holy to Indigenous peoples across the Americas.
Description
This Is Your Mind on Plants (2021) is a vivid, intricate probe into the history, chemistry, and effects of three plant-derived drugs: opium, caffeine, and mescaline. These substances – a sedative, a stimulant, and a hallucinogen – represent a large part of the human experience with drugs. It’s time to shed new light on how they’ve shaped our histories, cultures, and minds.
Who Should Listen
- Psychonauts and introspective thinkers
- Botanists, plant lovers, and science geeks
- Anyone interested in the history of the US war on drugs and its effects