The Psychedelic Policy Quagmire: Health, Law, Freedom, and Society

by J. Harold Ellens (Editor), Thomas B. Roberts

Edited by two preeminent scholars, this book provides coverage of the policy issues related to the increasingly diverse treatments, practices, and applications of psychedelics.


• Covers history, law, social use, intellectual and sacramental practice, and current medical research, bringing the debate about psychedelic drugs up to date for the 21st century

• Summarizes evidence regarding the positive therapeutic effects of psychoactive drugs to show why regulations need to be changed

• Encompasses the work of the leading international researchers in the field

• Includes personal observations, vignettes, and narratives

Genres: Politics, Spirituality

435 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2015

Reviews

[Roger Green · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent collection of diverse voices spanning different aspects of psychedelic policy and history from civil rights to cognitive freedom. It is particularly helpful at pushing past the simulacra of repeated knowledge and history in the plethora of books about psychedelics.