How Psychoactive Plants Changed the World | News on Drugs

A lot of us are coffee-drinking drug addicts that turn into zombies without a morning caffeine fix. But what is the difference between coffee and opium, especially when they both come from a plant? Author Michael Pollan tells us why we should start thinking about our morning coffee in the same way as smoking opium or taking the Native American peyote cactus.
Humans love drugs. Every culture in human history has looked for ways to alter its consciousness. So where does this desire come from? And why are some drugs legal and others illegal? What is it about some drugs that make governments declare war on them? And what on earth is psychedelic toad venom? This is how psychoactive plants changed the world.
In News on Drugs, writer JS Rafaeli chats to fellow drug nerds about their studies to tackle some of the biggest questions in the crazy world of mind-altering substances.
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Watch more from this series: The Rise of Psychedelic Therapies - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJLLYqhses-Bj5I

[@tontolinification]

We’d like to congratulate Drugs for winning the war on Drugs

[@jiujitsujayJay]

That's brilliant!!! 👏 🚫🧢

[@anglesnumismatics]

@@jiujitsujayJay why

[@justinwalker615]

Alcohol and cigarettes won along time ago and they just quit on those guys

[@tonythetiger1600]

Congratulations on your original n n funny comment 👏👏👏👏👏

[@jevinday]

Does that mean Nancy Regan gets a silver medal or no medal at all? Haha

[@newyorkerjoe123]

The fact that we get free documentaries on KZbin by VICE News is truly a gift 👍

[@Stoney-Jacksman]

Its not free. You either watch ads. ( Either here or elsewhere. All part of the platform) Or you pay Premium a month. Also I wouldnt call this a documentary but an interview via facetime/skype. Come on guy.

[@palestalemale8831]

@@Stoney-Jacksman you seem like you would be a lot of fun at parties. "Um.... technically this isnt free and I wouldnt call it a doucmentary." You know how much of a tool you sound like, my guy?

[@Ti0midwest]

I appreciate all of vice content I been a vice subscriber since 2013 and they always out out the best mini docs

[@sicilianstyle4517]

@@Stoney-Jacksman AdBlock Plus my guy

[@phero5159]

Hmmmmmm maybe because thats how they make there money🤯🤯 so they aint doing from the will of there hearts so it aint no gift

[@AwokenEntertainment]

When you break it down.. the war on drugs is fueled largely by greed - on both sides..

[@OdinOfficialEmcee]

Is it just me, or does anyone else find it humourous that a man named "Pollan" studies plants?

[@damienp1988]

lebanese pollen haha

[@Redu3]

Love a bit of nominative determinism

[@itsyaboyskinnnypimp42069]

On 3g of mushrooms YES

[@CA-ly7my]

Legalize mushrooms

[@vtrlpz4396]

Pollen is also another name that a few European countries call hash x)

[@jedics1]

Imagine how much could have been achieved over the last 50 years if we hadn't wasted all that time, money, energy and human life on 'the war on drugs' or most of the other wars that were equally as pointless for that matter.. It would have literally transformed the human race in ways we can't even comprehend!

[@brazyd5]

Exactly. Instead. The US is raising their own people like fast food cattle. Stupid unhealthy & unprepared ..

[@skoomakity8769]

@@brazyd5 well duh. You can't have the mega rich billionaires to donate to politicians while people are starving if people are smart enough to see how fucked up it is

[@brazyd5]

@@skoomakity8769 Tru true. I'm just just disgusted with humanity these dayz

[@mcozy333]

look into our dietary intake of to much omega six compared to omega three too ... we need way more omega three to prevent oxidation related disease and maintain cells etc....

[@mcozy333]

phytocannabinoids from cannabis plant ( C-21 terpenophenolic meroterpinoids) just so happen to be anti oxidant compounds acting on our omega three pathways in cells ( cannabinoid receptors )

[@theberk967]

A better question is why an authoritarian group of people who claim to represent a free democracy are riding around imprisoning people for what is at its absolute worst, willingly poisoning themselves for entertainment.

[@vtrlpz4396]

Right. Let's start locking up fast food goers and drinkin buds!

[@tailez606]

The answer lies in the last part of your sentence - "poisoning themselves". It's basically people putting themselves out of the workforce for some time, on purpose. Society values hard working people and therefore if you are doing substances, it means you're not working hard at the time of doing the substances and also potentially for an indeterminate amount of time afterwards. The laws are inherently pro-capitalism. Now this doesn't answer why alcohol is legal, since it arguably puts an individual into a worse state for working than other substances. I think the answer to that lies in coffee/caffeine and also the fact that people who drink are more likely to be depressed or submissive to authority and therefore easier to control. In case of a war, a bunch of drunks with guns would likely be much better than a bunch of stoners with guns (who would be a lot less likely to fight).

[@missrachael1709]

That's an awesome assessment.

[@suzyqualcast6269]

@@tailez606 hard workers, right. Any coincidence 🇺🇸 went through its most productive, goodwill to all phase as Dexedrine became an otc item ¿?

[@Thundralight]

WHO estimates, approximately 115 000 people died of opioid deaths . estimated 236 000 annual drowning. Maybe we should ban water

[@sebastiankirby4651]

It really says a lot that there are plants that are illegal to grow if you know enough about them, but are completely legal if you don’t

[@jeots962]

Isn’t that something? The police have to prove you know that they are illegal, otherwise it’s okay. Ummm, I guess it’s legit if you didn’t know that they were not legit. Legalize drugs and people will better regulate what they will take. The cleaner a drug the more use out of it, and the less undue death from the addiction. I’m sure opinions are many about the subject and I think the big pharmaceutical industry is a great source of options to plants should you have any issues with them. I believe had it not been for the plant’s we wouldn’t have the medications derived from them today

[@Michael-jq5pf]

@@jeots962 that last sentence is less of a belief, than it is just fact. All opiates, many heart/blood pressure meds, neurological and psychotropic pharmaceuticals are all derived from a base chemical or several base chemicals initially identified in- and extracted from- plants. So, yes, you're right. Lol

[@johnallenbailey1103]

It's because of how ridiculous it is to make a plant, that you really can't do anything about, illegal. "Don't pick that plant or you're going to jail!"

[@jeots962]

@@johnallenbailey1103; sounds like authoritarianism to me, or greed. Maybe both. I think some people are truly guilty of being stupid and this proves it...

[@diabl2master]

Thought-crime.

[@demonatemu]

ancient humans trying out shrooms for the first time: "well that one was great cooked, that other one killed doug, and that third one made steve trip balls for 3 days straight"

[@ASM881]

The next time I trip imma hold my drink up for Doug! He was a good Dude.

[@Leveezy]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHSbZZ6lgrSIpMk 🔥🔥🔥

[@1painter4hire]

OMG Laughing my balls off !!! Thanks !!

[@birju4333]

How a white men think .making fun of sacred plant of native peoples :(

[@luizgutierrez6920]

Doug took one for the team, respect✊ lol

[@AyouMike]

I used shrooms & acid in micro-dose quantities to combat my opiates addiction. I felt sick off Suboxone so I started medicating myself & it totally changed my life! Thank you Mike & JRE

[@kayluhluh6973]

Did you grow your own shrooms?

[@martinmendoza939]

Nice congrats on being sober from opiates you should check out a documentary called Dosed im pretty sure you will like it

[@martinmendoza939]

@scootnboot yeah change a bad habit with a good habit

[@martinmendoza939]

@scootnboot yeah to each there own i agree do your research My truth is my own

[@max_testosterone]

@scootnboot I hope you're not a grown man because I'd be embarrassed if I acted like you. The medical properties of these substances have nothing to do with any "woke" communities. Unless you believe the FDA and all of the scientists are part of some "woke" conspiracy. This is not politics. This is science and hard facts.

[@rajikkali2381]

This was one of my favorites. The result of an excellent interviewer and a highly interesting and empathetic human.

[@Vikingbiznitch]

16:57 "Many of the harms are related to the fact it's illegal." Truer words have never been spoken! THAT is the solution to the war on drugs.

[@Sam-et3ve]

"Its not a war on drugs, its a war on personal freedom" Bill Hicks

[@Sam-et3ve]

@Are You Going To Do The 'Ora Ora' Thing? Like alcohol or tobacco? certainly not cannabis. either way true freedom is to have it your way.

[@RoninMike-DR]

@Are You Going To Do The 'Ora Ora' Thing? I mean, the weak minded... it's not for everyone, kind of like skydiving.

[@RoninMike-DR]

@Are You Going To Do The 'Ora Ora' Thing? damaging to the weak minded individuals yes, ahhemm, hey look it's ok to be a straight edge, you're the only one judging here.

[@RoninMike-DR]

@Are You Going To Do The 'Ora Ora' Thing? death is pure freedom

[@RoninMike-DR]

@Are You Going To Do The 'Ora Ora' Thing? just because we can't apparently achieve pure freedom in society, doesn't mean we don't enjoy the ones we can.

[@barnold23]

I could listen to this guy talk for hours…

[@bokiantic]

U r such talkoman

[@rensvanderhoeven9440]

The last 3 minutes are just straight up facts

[@barnold23]

100%. Provide addicts with a safe, pharmaceutical grade, legal supply and watch the overdose numbers, drug associated crime, and the number of drug users plunge.

[@ANDWEROCK17]

Bruh, dude opened my eyes better in seconds than a lifetime in a psychiatrists office.

[@All_Science]

All of it is straight up facts. Coffee addiction is really not much different than opioid addiction.

[@sebastianalexander5564]

not regarding the vaccines though

[@TheDemonarta]

@@barnold23 This is like saying there is less alcohol related crime per capita in the US than in Saudi Arabia where its banned.

[@deathgripskaraoke9351]

Man wrote a book on plants and his name is "pollan" lmao

[@akshayde]

I think he is a food critic or chef and he has written multiple books and made some food shows.

[@angusorvid8840]

And he's pretentious as hell.

[@quasarsavage]

the aspect ratio and filters on this video are gold. so 1990s or 1980s retro vibes :)

[@Jerryberger9235]

Psychedelic’s definitely have potential to deal with mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them again but it’s just so hard to find here

[@georgewilliams1062]

Psychedelics are the reason why i didn’t take my life when i was at my end. I was stripped of my ego and saw the beauty of life and interconnectivity and even though i still battle anxiety and depression, I’m doing better everyday and will never think in such a self destructive way again.

[@zoeywinston6826]

LSD and mushrooms completely changed my whole outlook on life. I became a better version of myself This experience gave me a lot of confidence about my self and my body. A bunch of bad thought / behavior patterns were broken. One of these was pretty bad OCD that made me wash my hands a lot. It gave me a lot of hope that things will be fine, this is the one thing that I heard throughout the trip: Everything is alright. The main reason for the trip was my severe depression and it definitely helped me (although it's not gone). Before all I could do was lay in bed. Now I am trying to rebuild my life one step at a time which wasn't possible before."

[@sarahh321]

[_James_tray] Got psychs

[@Jerryberger9235]

@@sarahh321 Where to search?? Is it IG?

[@sarahh321]

@@Jerryberger9235 Yes

[@MrKFNeverGiveUp]

The fact that certain plants are illegal and you're a "criminal" for using them is just beyond the beyond in terms of insanity and arrogance. It's totally absurd and criminal to make any plant illegal.

[@preetamkumar9496]

Not if you can use it to harm/kill yourself or others.

[@neeneko]

@@preetamkumar9496 thing is, actual toxic plants are perfectly legal. I can go and get hemlock seeds any time I like and grow the stuff.

[@oldmancannabis3026]

@@preetamkumar9496 you can use almost anything to harm or kill yourself or others so that's not a good enough reason to outlaw something.

[@jvmartiniano]

@@preetamkumar9496 how u harming or killing someone with weed?

[@deeremies2266]

@@jvmartiniano With opium poppy you can

[@helojoe92]

Michael Pollan is a real treasure, the amount of knowledge and wisdom is unbelieveable!

[@TauTau1]

I like him too basically, but he is just a journalist let's admit.

[@Wild906]

I just wanna roll up some green every once in a while and enjoy without fear of being thrown in a cage🤷‍♂️

[@downwithtrudeau]

Move to Canada

[@sadhu7191]

Fight for it where u live. No sense in moving to a state with the fight over and legal all ready. Dont reap bemefits of others. Thatsbwjy people move from cali to other states changing politics

[@Jokakutihut1]

@@downwithtrudeau yeah right move to Canada just because you want to smoke weed once in a while.. dumb comment

[@downwithtrudeau]

@@Jokakutihut1 thanks 😊, I try

[@Wild906]

@@downwithtrudeau Its legal in Michigan ✌🏽

[@lputaa]

Thanks God I'm smoking weed while watching these...

[@pamt3130]

Tempting …!!😃

[@Ryan88881]

I'm eating it

[@Shadow__133]

Im smoking tobacco. Love it!

[@jbayley6963]

Bless you guys :)) eventually in a point in time we might all be smoking together.

[@Leveezy]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHSbZZ6lgrSIpMk 🔥💥🔥💥

[@missannethrope01]

As someone who suffers with chronic cluster headaches, I can say that microdosing with LSD has saved my life. The condition is so rare that there is no research really being done by big pharmaceutical companies because there is no money in it for them, so citizen science has had to figure things out on our own. Psilocybin in magic mushrooms has also helped sufferers with cluster headaches.

[@lindseyknox4564]

Do you live in the uk ? I'm needing some advice on your journey

[@j.r.4627]

Like many people I used to get severe migraines but heard that they were nothing compared to cluster headaches & I wouldn't wish my migraines on anyone so my heart goes out to you

[@missannethrope01]

@@j.r.4627 thank you for your kind words, I wish pain-free days for you.❤

[@j.r.4627]

@@missannethrope01 Thank you too!

[@missannethrope01]

@@lindseyknox4564 👋 hi! No, sorry I live in Canada but there is a cluster headache support group in the UK that may be able to help you? ouchuk is the name of the site. I hope you find what you need.

[@Hotlooksamerica]

Every Michael Pollan book is amazing. I’ve audited his classes many times.

[@anickl2u]

It will be nice when the +65year oldies will be allowed to take what ever is advisable best for them. To slip into the other side in a comfort with no pain ...what a blessed gift from mother nature. Unlike Aldous Huxley on LSD who died with a smile on his face. The eternal trip. What A Way to go.

[@justinsnyder6256]

Thankyou I needed to hear that right now. Facing a dui for medical canabis and didnt smoke in over 7hrs. The laws in this country and the time it takes to get needed legislation passed is criminal in its own right. Hard to love a country when they constantly call you a criminal for just trying to live.

[@workingtoseethelight8244]

We still take psychedelics all the "sub-optimal" ways... Acid in the punch bowl is just fun.

[@Leveezy]

🔥 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHSbZZ6lgrSIpMk 🔥

[@lambbolt]

i need to try acid/lsd

[@flavurybest3256]

I was addicted to fentanyl and when I kicked it cold turkey it was one of my worst life experiences ever but the problem wasn’t the drug it was the escape I was getting that’s where you get lost when you realize the way you can escape reality

[@danbooth6852]

extremely well put

[@mihaicioban5703]

Meanwhile did you substitute with other form of drug or came back to the real harsh world?

[@texajp1946]

Legalize all of them, gifts from god

[@observerobserver6040]

God said cursed will the land be. That's why in the end there is bad side effects of human addictions. Alcohol is legal and addictive causing generation of addiction to many. We are just not in control. Every thing on earth has been used for good and bad. That the cures. Its our sinful nature to be wise in our own eyes.🤔

[@JP-mb2pk]

If Crack were .25 cents a rock No one would smoke it.

[@Leveezy]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHSbZZ6lgrSIpMk 🔥🔥

[@1185AspAve]

Interesting how he said he wasn't himself without coffee. 100% agree w/ this. Coffee and cannabis.

[@jeots962]

Making another cup and loading a bong hit as we texted.

[@atomictraveller]

oh yah, let someone else tell you about consciousness. cheech n chong! 51, audio dsp developer, never had a single issue dropping or adding coffee weed tobacco. course, i'm also aware of masons and don't listen to musicians so that may have something to do with it. "never let the bull teach you the cloth" if you were tripping, maybe you'd ask the important question. why are all these people bald? wachowholmes

[@atomictraveller]

"Oh hello Mr. Soul I dropped by to pick up a reason For the thought that I caught that my head is the event of the season Why in crowds just a trace of my face could seem so pleasin' I'll cop out to the change but a stranger is putting the tease on"

[@jeots962]

@@atomictraveller , ummm,🤔, okay 👍

[@jeots962]

@@atomictraveller , the bald ones are learning about carbonic acid. Opens the plugged hair follicles that cause baldness. I’m going to try it out and see for myself....

[@jaydice1]

It’s not just humans moose get drunk in the fall. And when given an opportunity to eat fresh or fermented berries they will eat the fermented ones.

[@evolving2970]

Cedar Waxwings too.

[@looneycrow7978]

Pure Opium is not a curse. If you've ever been in real extreme pain. Opium is the only drug/plant that can truly remove extreme pain.

[@frz1678]

Ye opium is a curse on the streets , not medical. why it shouldn’t be legalised for recreational use on the other hand mushrooms dmt ect should not be “illegal” but still have regulations like cigarettes age limit warning ect

[@mariopsota5806]

not really,sniff a half a gram of ketamine and then tell me that opium is the only drug that can 'truly remove extreme pain'

[@Cbd_7ohm]

@@frz1678 It isn't on the street goofball. Heroin and fentanyl aren't opium.

[@Cbd_7ohm]

@@mariopsota5806 Correct.

[@Cbd_7ohm]

@@frz1678 Opium is very medicinal as well as recreational. It is not your job or right to stop people from buying or using reasonable amounts of opium other other drugs, especially most plant drugs.

[@lahey4850]

My intro to Michael started with his Cooked series. I now own two of his books, including "this is your mind on plants" and can't get enough! Let's go Michael!!!

[@brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407]

I take a cup of coffee in the morning. Not to wake up but to kickstart my bowel movement

[@Leveezy]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHSbZZ6lgrSIpMk

[@jeshkam]

Does that help?

[@dtsyt82]

@@jeshkam It does. It's used as a diuretic as well as to stimulate the bowels.

[@jeshkam]

@@dtsyt82 I don't drink coffee anymore, so I've been using CBD oil for anxiety etc. and it works quite well for that too.

[@Ryan88881]

I'd like to see a Vice doc on Datura or nightshades. By far one of the most interesting histories a plant drug or group of plant drugs could ever have. Edit: Would be perfect for Halloween time too

[@treebeard8475]

I’ve never heard of this. Night shades were widely believed to be poisonous until we realized tomatoes and potatoes are related to nightshade and we can eat the fruit :P is datura a fruit?

[@Ryan88881]

@@treebeard8475 Many nightshades are very poisonous yes. The leaves of tomato plants are actually quite poisonous and are possibly psychoactive too due to solanine.

[@Leveezy]

🔥🔥 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHSbZZ6lgrSIpMk

[@treebeard8475]

@@Ryan88881 thanks man I was told my chickens shouldn’t eat potato greens and they stay away from tomato greens as well. Somehow they know.

[@drrd4127]

I grew up in the UK and most people drank tea on their breaks but coffee is becoming more popular and you here people say all the time " I need coffee to wake up, I will have my tea later".

[@Zaan1028]

Just the fact that alcohol existed in every culture for thousands of years is an interesting enough phenomenon..I honestly think that all the opiates, alcohol and benzo have some subtle yet significant meaning beyond our current understanding of them. We just simply don't comprehend the message from these drugs yet.

[@virajkadam3017]

The "Scapegoat" Idea is so profound.

[@pinvicene9741]

Appreciate your comment VeSTer tripps is the legit psychedelic plug. He got shrooms lsd dmt and others...

[@pinvicene9741]

Hit him up on Instagram...

[@jordonz555]

I am forever thankful that mescaline was the first drug I experimented with 🌵

[@haveaniceday23]

My daughter gets violent headaches and vomits over and over if she skips coffee. She stays away from it now. Poor girl loves it

[@pullingthestrings5233]

Why torture yourself. Just drink it and don't over due it. Drinking coffee does not decrease your life span.

[@adrianrocha49]

So, given that plants have completely won the war on drugs, when will the US announce its withdrawal from that war?

[@obscuredbyclouds.]

Love these types of documentaries💗 it teaches me a lot more than in high school Lol

[@shaynemaskall6984]

VICE has some of the best documentaries on psychotropic substances; on par with National Geographic.

[@inkpoison8395]

I love psychedelics and medicinal plants fungus.

[@old-fashionedcoughypot]

Yeah... l miss the Liberty Caps growing in my old hometown of Kitimat, BC that are growing right now. Been 7 years since l gathered some. l was 49 years old and still haunting patches l knew since high school. Lol! 🍄 l wouldn't mind doing a quick hit and run visit again though.

[@cbr1thou]

They dont like you

[@plop4493]

Very true fungi hates us

[@Leveezy]

💥 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHSbZZ6lgrSIpMk 🔥

[@MorphineAbuser]

So strange when he talks about quitting coffee for three months like it’s a big thing while I’ll go from drinking coffee everyday to not having it for 6 months at a time and feel no difference 🤔

[@naomis5613]

Same

[@aliirfan8499]

It used to be like that for me but energy drinks got me addicted now if don't drink one I feel sleepy the whole day

[@tinypoolmodelshipyard]

@@aliirfan8499 that happens because of a lack of dopamine. Caffeine and most drugs produce dopamine and when they get taken out of our routines. Give it a week or so for your brain to start kicking back on its own. You can try some b vitamins for energy in transition. Caffeine alot easier to get back on track than with opium which hijacks the entire dopamine system

[@gyano5419]

Q

[@alitvvlogs5041]

@@tinypoolmodelshipyard cigarettes are kind like

[@canada3375]

I use cannabis but not caffeine. I'm already naturally hyper and cannabis settles me out.

[@johnathantidwell7299]

Hearing him talk about his crack like coffee addiction while knocking out venti is probably the funniest thing I've seen this week

[@pinvicene9741]

Appreciate your comment Vester Tripps is the legit psychedelic plug. He got shrooms lsd mdma chocolate bars and other..

[@pinvicene9741]

Hit him up on Instagram....

[@kevinlyons5314]

Sorry, I missed the part about what they were saying about growing beautiful poppy flowers in my garden... who knows - probably not important ;) ;)

[@yoursotruly]

They said poppies are totally fine but grow lots of them and get the seeds before veterans day and grow a big patch to honor the veterans. It's your duty, soldier!

[@myleslong5584]

Reporting for duty,sir!

[@xolomartinez6036]

90% use coffee, explains a lot, why everyone is stressed out and completely whacked out. The question should be, "How long can you keep on ingesting this crap?" I don't need it, someone else can have mine. I don't know how you guys feel this helps you out.

[@mcozy333]

Green tea is so much better than that stuff ... add some lemongrass into the gree n tea and makes it better

[@Enlightened0ne]

That literal first guy was inhaling paper, no way there was weed in that roach ahahaha

[@bennymaxwell7739]

Mrs pamela Morgan and her method works like magic I keep earning single week with new strategy

[@bennymaxwell7739]

I think I'm blessed because if not I wouldn't have met someone who is as spectacular as expert Mrs pamela Morgan

[@bennymaxwell7739]

She help me recovered what I lost trying to trade myself

[@derrickgeorge2980]

Thanks for introducing me to Mrs Pamela Morgan

[@derrickgeorge2980]

My first experience with Mrs Pamela Morgan gave me profit of over $24,000 and ever since then she has never failed to deliver and I can even say she's the most sincere broker I've know.

[@Niteeshdwivedi_]

Mrs Pamela Morgan changed my financial status for the best. All thanks to my aunt who introduced her to me.

[@moonrock1418]

It is 3 spiecies of cacti that priduces mescaline. Peruvian Torch is almost as strong as peyote,but it grows to size in 12-18months,not years.

[@erikmichelsen6931]

San pedro is the name for t. Bridgesii, t. Peruvianus and t pachanoi. Lophophora are the 4th you mention. Bridgesii is the strongest mescaline content out of the 3 pedro species but lacks other alkaloids that make it energising. Therfore a cocktail of bridgesii and pachanoi gives the most full san pedro experience

[@supraanon1914]

I’ must be drinking the wrong coffee 😂

[@Jimmymadd]

This is an excellent introduction to the work of Michael Pollan.

[@freshgaiasmile]

Wish someone would do something on morning glory seeds, when used properly.

[@Leveezy]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHSbZZ6lgrSIpMk 🔥🔥

[@killacam8459]

What do morning glory seeds do

[@freshgaiasmile]

@@killacam8459 contain LSA 😉

[@myleslong5584]

@@freshgaiasmile Can’t you accidentally make LSA when attempting to make LSD? I know someone who tried to make their first batch of LSD but,it only lasted about six hours and kinda died straight off. Little wavy but,not the intense dripping ceiling like most trip. Just wondering if he kinda accidentally made LSA instead of LSD. Or,maybe it was just on the weak side…I don’t know.

[@freshgaiasmile]

@@myleslong5584 just the weak side LDA is a component of LSD , maybe it was a light batch. Morning glory would be similar.

[@sarah_lee5150]

I got a weird feeling that when it’s all over we won’t even care.

[@Leveezy]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHSbZZ6lgrSIpMk 🔥🔥

[@Deenique16]

Yeah yeah

[@xbuggativeyron]

What do you mean

[@sarah_lee5150]

Meaning we’ll be so caught off guard and numb to everything. Feel like we’re all blind to things that really matter.

[@craeddock]

Mushrooms and grass are really safer to be shared. I really like that people have opened up to this, but the kinda abandon about this and popularizing stuff like opium is a little problematic with the wrong teacher.

[@aaronmcconkey1062]

Most ppl have never had opium

[@SmokeyPyro]

Beautifully explained, and confirmed for me the observations i made as a kid/young adult myself, comparing all prohibition examples, seeing the connection that in all prohibitions, the black market just risen through the roof, giving criminals a market to make them profit. And even the war on drugs keeping back research for humanity. All in the sake of keeping people in check? What kind of price is that, that we are willing to pay such a huge sacrifice in time and resources, that we evaluate it as being worth it? These years have known more crazy people then ever before, and with crazy i mean indoctrinated, or well past the point of simple confusion, its a mental warfare, in which i strongly feel ww2 and other incidences of inhumane experiments have led to this massive manipulation... All for greed... I wish they realised the more you have, the more terrified you'll be of losing it... If we can congratulate the war on drugs for something, it is the point that it has destroyed more lives, deliberately held back knowledge from the people, criminalised us, in all sorts of way for growing a plant, and i can continue, but i guess the point is understood. Sadly, its still going on today in a world where portugal has decriminalised all drugs, and suicide rates and crime rates have gone down with over 50%... The proof is right in our face happening on earth right now, how come politicians dont see that? Internationally speaking we should be so connected, they can see that this model works, so they can apply it to every western civilised country as well. Why dont they do it? Profits. Profits > Humanitarian evolvement, purposely holding us whole mankind back, all just because some fellow humans cant look at themselves in the mirror and evaluate what they have been doing to their fellow man. Imho feels as a nazi from ww2. Imho even worse than that, because they get away with it, even painting it in a picture that its good for us.

[@AmanSharma-zs5cb]

Xs

[@frankbevibin5991]

this man is asking and answering the right questions

[@pinvicene9741]

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[@pinvicene9741]

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[@deathmane7773]

Mushrooms 🍄 and weed is all I need 🙏🏽🖤😤🔥✨😮‍💨

[@Leveezy]

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[@frosty_farms]

As I sit here smoking my fat afternoon joint!!

[@Leveezy]

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[@bmwocanada3989]

I am also thankful that the world is changing and accepting psychoactive plants as an alternative for medicine. Cannabis has been a great partner and a comforter whenever I feel so alone.

[@teodorodevecchi4023]

Thank you Vice News for providing with interesting content, it's getting more and more difficult recently

[@Leveezy]

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[@Psillytripper]

could you imagine if we actually do lose coffee due to climate change in the next 100-200 years? future generations would never forgive us

[@daveyboy8907]

Climate change,, lol geoengineering man you must be young.

[@CeoLogJM]

they'll just have synthetic alternatives, I'm surprised that isn't a thing now

[@thomasbirmili5790]

It is already a thing, coffee darkens the teeth! Caffeine pills do not.

[@CeoLogJM]

@@thomasbirmili5790 I meant that there aren't mainstream alternatives to Caffeine itself. Khat extract is a contender, I wonder if there are research chemicals that are trying to make super-caffeine or something

[@gudadada]

They would absolutely forgive us and would probably be grateful. Abusing caffeine is how you built a dependency on it; no one needs it. If no one could get it, no one could become reliant on it.

[@tatakalsum864]

Legal or not... I just try and never let this things Control me..

[@PizzlesTechTime]

I was affected by this crisis in a major way. I can say from being in the streets and using that the major problems and death occurred after the ban of oxycontin. People never believe me when I tell them but I witnessed maybe one overdose in 8 years. Then people went over to heroin. Still not many overdose until fentanyl exploded on the scene. I lost five friends and family members this year. Every time the government tries to ban a drug it makes the problem extensively worse... I am disgusted.... legalization and regulation of opium is shrugged off as crazy. This is the only way to stop this epidemic.

[@Zatvornik]

All religious revelations were received while on drugs

[@inkpoison8395]

Facts

[@Leveezy]

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[@Lessontobe]

I never had any employer give me free coffee or even two breaks in a given work day. I most often didn't even get 1 break although the companies deducted 30 minutes from my pay each day for a break I never took. This is common in my line of work. I don't know of many USA companies that give paid breaks.

[@DPac9]

Proof that we, today in 21st century, are actually living in Stone Age and our ancients literally lived in the golden age of freedom and ecstasy 😇

[@rebeccafreeman9883]

well...thanks, dude, for the official implication...preciated...

[@Leveezy]

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[@John-mf6ky]

Well, I guess it time to start growing some poppies. I mean, just for floral arrangements of course!

[@biglock989]

I just wanna sit back and relax with some natural medicine. But I’ll lose my job for trying to mellow out. Although I can get hammered drunk tonight and show up tomorrow with no problem…

[@theobserver9131]

You need a new job. I recommend being self-employed.

[@mckdar01]

"coffee break" in Australia is called "smoke-o"

[@bonnyxaviers]

Damn Vice your 80s theme videos are so crazy ♥️ love the content and the style of the video

[@honestlynate7922]

I'd like to congratulate the Dare program of the '90s for introducing me and my friends to drugs

[@shanejohnson587]

I remember watching one of them “1st Amendment audit” channels. The dude was filming a DEA building. A testosterone enraged Agent came out. The guy rubbed it in his face how DEA lost the war on drugs. The agent flipped out. I can’t remember if he shoved the guy or slapped his cameras……Either way The DEA agent got fired 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 Not only did he lose the war on drugs….he lost his job too! Lololol

[@silverliningart2183]

Fantastic conversation ! Well facilitated ...

[@PeterMilko]

well said

[@thatKaran]

Michael Pollan seems to be a really chill guy to hang out with.

[@pinvicene9741]

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[@pinvicene9741]

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[@randygarbrecht3185]

I prefer mescaline to coffee but I could never find it in the grocery store

[@majorkramer]

Some say these drugs open your mind to other things. There are actually true stories that would make any paranoid drug user even more paranoid.

[@lancepounds788]

Great content. Keep up this type of interesting info Vice.

[@ADizzleNYC]

Super interesting. Michael Pollan is a great speaker and writer with a knack for making fascinating subjects sound even more interesting.

[@pinvicene9741]

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[@pinvicene9741]

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[@sethmartin9650]

"what kind of cacti are those?" "haha cool ones"

[@miweb3235]

Posted 10 minutes ago. Yes, Im here.

[@summertea8609]

Hugs and drugs ♥️

[@tonythetiger1600]

Don't 4get pugs n thugs

[@tonythetiger1600]

Don't 4get pugs n thugs

[@Smartion]

Excellent upload 🙏🏼

[@intotheuniversemothernatur4960]

Why people use them? Because a lot of people are depressed and have a lot of problems, so for them leading to the path to drugs is escaping to reality and problems.

[@chrisholmes5667]

People do drugs to escape from reality because sometimes reality really does suck

[@markfelt5650]

or we use drugs to better connect with reality since so much of reality is not readily available perceivable by a sober human.

[@livingminimumwage6359]

Why does it have to be deep? Why can't it be that sometimes we take drugs because... it's fun? If we're functional human beings, a bit of something on occasion is fine.

[@erickrunno]

Long live the Indigenous Wisdom! 🌷❤️

[@ManlyHandshake]

Don’t rip the roots out like the guy in their footage or the button that takes decades to be ready won’t grow back

[@myleslong5584]

Didn’t know that. Never got to experience that one,though. But,if I ever get to Southern Texas or thereabouts,I’ll have to remember that advice.

[@joebfnl1079]

Excellent job!. Vice news is the best!. Don't ever go mainstream!. Keep up the good work!.

[@pinvicene9741]

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[@pinvicene9741]

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[@evelynortega7432]

the sacred plants like peyote, Psilocybin mushrooms, salvia delirium this plant have been use from my ancestors for sacred ceremonies for healing purposes for the soul and connected with the invisible world...

[@joelgoldsmith4747]

Which cultural tribe are you connected to?

[@Leveezy]

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[@sn1000k]

Salvia = terror

[@raa2874]

this is such a good documentary!!

[@unitedchainsofamerica]

God bless these men. Keep it up!!!

[@Afroninja2025]

I feel so bad for native American 😞 they got done bad 😔

[@aidenkaylena1054]

Hey, brother/sister we are still strong and being rebuilt 🤲🏼 be thankful for your life as I am mine my friend. (Yes native, and my age is 17) I do feel blessed.

[@Afroninja2025]

@@aidenkaylena1054 that really good to here, can i Ask is depression high in native Americans, because I heard that somewhere.

[@aidenkaylena1054]

@@Afroninja2025 i have depression, but I use LSD and acid to level myself back out.

[@theroach1012]

I'm very curious as to what Carlos Castañeda would have thought of this man's research.

[@gab3tipopop]

My employer would never give us a 20 minute PAID break

[@BB-uu9oo]

Really? I get 2.5hr paid break per 8hr shift at a factory job. Somedays it's only 1.5hr but we only clock out for a 30. Any job will at least get paid smoke breaks as long as you choose a convenient time to slip out. Do you live in America?

[@NoLyinEvry1sDyin]

Drugs The Undisputed World Champion of the War on Drugs

[@ThysRoes]

Great interview and conversation!

[@pinvicene9741]

Appreciate your comment Vester Tripps is the legit psychedelic plug. He got shrooms lsd mdma chocolate bars and other..

[@pinvicene9741]

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