Word Up with Dani Katz: Psychedelics + the Military Industrial Complex (Part 2)

Check out my latest interview on Word Up with Dani Katz

On Friday I shared Part 1 of my latest interview on Word Up with Dani Katz. Now I’m back with Part 2. Dani and I had a great conversation that focused on various connections between the psychedelic industry and the military.

In Part 1 we explored:

• My personal background in the field; various red flags I encountered as I got deeper into advocacy

• Reading + re-reading (+ re-reading again) Acid Dreams (1985) by Martin A. Lee and Bruce Shlain, a groundbreaking, classic text on the politics of LSD

• My own work, specifically Drugism (2022) and High and Mighty: How People in Power Use Drugs (forthcoming, 2023)

• How the complex relationship between drugs and warfare traces back to the ancient history of salt

• The legacy of Timothy Leary, the Human Be-In, etc.

In Part 2, we explore:

• Plato, Aristotle, and the impact of classical philosophy on MK-ULTRA + the War on Drugs

• Why is microdosing so popular?

• Peter Thiel + Leafly

• How the Vietnam War affected THC levels in cannabis

• Hallucinations by Louis Jolyon West + Ronald K. Siegel: an obscure but notable book by a top MK-ULTRA scientist

• The public response to my work

Watch Part 2 here: