Netflix’s weighty new show follows thumpingly authoritative author Michael Pollan as he outlines the benefits of psychedelic drugs such as MDMA and mescaline. It’s hugely eloquent and convincing
The last time I tried watching a show about psychedelic drugs, it didn’t end well. About a year ago, I watched something called Fantastic Fungi, which started off as a pleasant excuse for lots of time-lapse mushroom footage, but ended up as a fairly aggressive paean to the benefits of magic mushrooms. It was so effective that, by the time it finished, I was convinced enough to decide that I was definitely going to take up microdosing. But that didn’t work out because, like an idiot, I tried buying mushrooms online from the Netherlands. Long story short, I quickly received a letter from the UK Border Force saying – and I’m only slightly paraphrasing – “Hey dummy, we’ve got those drugs that you just tried to buy in the stupidest way imaginable, and we’re keeping them.” So I gave up.
I’m telling you this because Michael Pollan’s new series How to Change Your Mind just landed on Netflix. And if it doesn’t spark a giant uptick in Border Force letters, I don’t know what will.
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