The Drug Science Podcast | Episode 43 | Opium, Caffeine and Mescaline with Michael Pollan

[@mothstoflame]

Mescaline was the original "love drug".

[@Omni-Kriss]

Great podcast! :)

[@davidfurino2987]

You should be able to grow your own poppies for personal use in your backyard. F. Big pharma

[@kevinfacts5200]

Will these mushrooms chemicals be used in a commercial or recreational drugs/product?

[@gravel3635]

Probably. If there's money to be made you better believe there's somebody looking into it

[@beccabokah802]

Indigenous people not “indians” or “native Americans”

[@Peace_Guard]

He really overappreciates caffeine. You cannot really reap benefits of it for longer than 1,5-3 weeks, depending on how high your daily dose is. Then you will have such a tolerance developed that your daily average wakefulness will be significantly below what it was at the starting point. It's the same with all the psychostimulants. The single act of dropping caffeine could probably lift 1/3 of worldwide depression (of course after surviving the initial withdrawal).

[@bubatzbube89]

Agreed. But have you got any sources on the last part?

[@samuelalley7331]

100 percent agree. He is singing a different tune than in the Joe Rogan podcast. It sounds to me that he is addicted to it all over again and now touting all these positive stories in favor of it? It's a drug, it is bad for anyone with the exception as a tool for a tough situation or emergency stimulant. This stuff is like drinking poison on a regualr basis. Hell, the stuff is the defensive insect repellent produced by the coffee plant. Poison...end of story

[@triple_gem_shining]

Michael pollen is insufferable