How to Change Your Mind: Science of Psychedelics by Michael Pollan | Book Club

Full Title: How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

This book was suggested by Lily

Pages to read: 333
ISBN: 9780241294222 (Originally listed edition)
ISBN: 9780525558941 (Edition I am Using)

While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•What are some psychedelics?
•Why was psychedelic researched banned?
•Why is psychedelic research making a resurgence?
•Who is responsible for the resurgence of psychedelics?
•Why study psychedelics?
•How do psychedelics impact the brain?
•What are the outcomes of psychedelics?
•Are psychedelics dangerous?
•What do psychedelic guides do?
•How did Timothy Leary do to psychedelic research?
•How did the government use psychedelics?
•How does big pharma and psychiatry deal with psychedelics?
•Did psychedelics impact human evolution?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.

My Review of the Book:
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Summary from Goodreads:
Could psychedelic drugs change our worldview? One of America's most admired writers takes us on a mind-altering journey to the frontiers of human consciousness

When LSD was first discovered in the 1940s, it seemed to researchers, scientists and doctors as if the world might be on the cusp of psychological revolution. It promised to shed light on the deep mysteries of consciousness, as well as offer relief to addicts and the mentally ill. But in the 1960s, with the vicious backlash against the counter-culture, all further research was banned. In recent years, however, work has quietly begun again on the amazing potential of LSD, psilocybin and DMT. Could these drugs in fact improve the lives of many people? Diving deep into this extraordinary world and putting himself forward as a guinea-pig, Michael Pollan has written a remarkable history of psychedelics and a compelling portrait of the new generation of scientists fascinated by the implications of these drugs. How to Change Your Mind is a report from what could very well be the future of human consciousness.