From Neurons to Nirvana: The Great Medicines
This documentary, Neurons to Nirvana, takes a look at the history and the future of scientific research into five psychedelic substances: LSD, psilocybin, ayahuasca, MDMA, and cannabis. In it, various highly-regarded scientists and experts in the field talk about the many medicinal potential of the drugs. The filmmakers are careful in their approach. Each of them notes that scientific studies and vocabulary, presented in a mainstream way, are necessary to educate the public about psychedelic medicine. They realize they are up against a lot of government—not to mention big business—disinformation, and paranoia about psychedelics.
Cast:
- William S. Burroughs – (archive footage)
- Wade Davis
- Rick Doblin
- Lesley Ewen
- Julie Holland
- Aldous Huxley – (archive footage)
- Gabor Mate
- Dennis J. McKenna
- Ralph Metzner
- Jeremy Narby
Director:
- Oliver Hockenhull
You can find the film on Netflix or with a DigiXstream Android TV Box in the documentary section of it’s video add-ons.
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