A desire to experience an altered state of consciousness has been a feature of human culture from time immemorial. In the search for mood- and mind-altering substances, humankind has long experimented and taken risks.
Perhaps more than ever before, we are surrounded by legal drugs in coffee, alcohol and cigarettes, let alone in prescribed medications such as sleeping tablets, tranquillisers and opioid painkillers. Using these can be a temptingly easy way to change or control one’s mood and p...
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