{"id":163,"date":"2021-03-19T16:54:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T16:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/?post_type=ftm_challenge&p=163"},"modified":"2022-11-17T17:40:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T22:40:32","slug":"harnessing-psychedelics","status":"publish","type":"ftm_challenge","link":"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/challenges\/harnessing-psychedelics","title":{"rendered":"Harnessing Psychedelics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n This hypnotherapist claims he can replicate the feeling of cocaine, alcohol, and even sex within anyone\u2019s mind. <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> <\/div>\n
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\n When typical medications simply aren\u2019t doing enough to manage their children\u2019s symptoms, mothers like Jenni Mai are turning to medical marijuana. But with current regulations, parents are having to become pharmacists for their own families, and some are even moving across the country so they can legally access cannabis. <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n When typical medications simply aren\u2019t doing enough to manage their children\u2019s symptoms, mothers like Jenni Mai are turning to medical marijuana. But with current regulations, parents are having to become pharmacists for their own families, and some are even moving across the country so they can legally access cannabis. <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> <\/div>\n
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\n Over a 10 year period, Dominic Milton Trott self-administered 157 psychoactive drugs and documented his experiences on each one. He then created the book, The Drug Users Bible, to inform curious minds about safe drug use. <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> <\/div>\n
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“There’s a real problem here. The problem is that people are dying from ignorance. They’re dying because they’re making fundamental mistakes.”<\/p>\n <\/a>\n

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