This Is Your Mind on Plants
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What’s it about?
Michael Pollan explores how opium, caffeine, and mescaline have shaped human consciousness, culture, and our contradictory drug laws, blending science, history, and personal experiment.
You’ll learn
- Why we celebrate caffeine but criminalize opium
- How plants co-evolved with human minds
- The hidden costs of our daily coffee habit
- What indigenous rituals teach about psychedelics