
Drugs, drugs, drugs. Almost everyone uses them. Almost everyone has an opinion about them. Drug policy pioneer Ethan Nadelmann gets to the bottom of our strange relationship to drugs by talking with those who love them, hate them, and study them. We’d love to hear your stories and ideas. Send us a note at psychoactive@protozoa.com or leave a voicemail at 1-833-PSYCHO-0 (1-833-779-2460).
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 88 | Founded | 4 years ago |
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Lovely podcast. Thank you!
I am obsessed with pharmacology and ethnobotany and this show is amazing!!
This is a great and fascinating podcast! My question is: how does this guy sound exactly like the Science Friday guy??? I cannot believe it is not the same person!
Psychoactive is a serious and well balanced exploration of the things we consume to change ourselves for the better and sometimes worse. But you’ll be better off having listened to this podcast It brings the best thinkers, activists, officials and unofficials to give a multifaceted perspective to help us understand this thing called DRUGS.
I honestly didn’t expect this to be as high quality as it is. Definitely worth a listen.










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