Episode #946
Dennis McKenna
Books mentioned
DMT
Mentioned by Dennis McKenna · at 00:43:15
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Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm
Mentioned by Dennis McKenna · at 02:36:42
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Ethnopharmacologist and author Dennis McKenna discusses psychedelics, DMT, ayahuasca, cannabis, endogenous neurochemicals, and their possible effects on consciousness and perception with Joe Rogan. The conversation also addresses addiction, prohibition, commercialization, Indigenous knowledge, rainforest conservation, and a planned 50th-anniversary ethnopharmacology symposium.
What they talked about
- Responsible use of cannabis and psychedelics
- The opioid crisis and kratom as a potential solution
- Ibogaine as a treatment for opioid addiction
- The war on drugs and its failures
- ESPD50 conference on psychoactive drugs
- DMT and the pineal gland connection
- Salvia divinorum and time distortion experiences
- Ayahuasca, indigenous knowledge, and biopiracy
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