Some good quotes:
"Why is it that in the entire western world these substances that have been found so interesting by hundreds of cultures for thousands of years are prohibited. How did these cultures that consider themselves to be enlightened, democratic, and scientific get to declaring plants illegal? Our society values alert problem solving consciousness and it devalues all other states of consciousness. Any kind of consciousness that is not related to the production or consumption of material goods is stigmatized in our society today. Of course, we accept drunkenness. We allow people some brief respite from the material grind. Society that subscribes to that model is a society that is going to condemn states of consciousness that have nothing to do with the alert problem-solving mentality. If you go back to the 1960s when there is a tremendous upsurge of exploration of psychedelics I would say that the huge backlash that followed had to do with the fear on the part of the powers-that-be that if enough people went into those relms and into those experiences, the very fabric of the society we have today would be picked apart. And, most importantly, those in power at the top but not be in power at the top anymore."
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