Author Michael Pollan leads the way in this docuseries exploring the history and uses of psychedelics, including LSD, psilocybin, MDMA and mescaline.
Chapter 1: LSD
From its 1943 origins to today's microdosing trend, LSD has been expanding minds and changing lives with the help of counterculture gurus — and the CIA.
Chapter 2: Psilocybin
Magic mushrooms, long considered sacred by the Indigenous Mazatec in Mexico, become the subject of scientific studies measuring their intense effects.
Chapter 3: MDMA
Championed by both therapists and ravers, ecstasy stands out as the first psychedelic likely to become legalized, thanks to passionate advocates.
Chapter 4: Mescaline
Mescaline, the psychoactive molecule in San Pedro and peyote cacti, a sacred medicine that Native Americans have had to fight for the right to use.
Michael Pollan
Self
Entrance to the Maze
1990
Sunset
2023
Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation
2017
Puzzle
2007
Place of Execution
2008
Deliver Me
2024
Death Comes to Pemberley
2013
The Agatha Christie Hour
1982
IT: Welcome to Derry
2025
Rattan
2021
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1980
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Sherlock Holmes
1984
The Last Thing He Told Me
Borderless
Dying Eye
2019
Eyewitness
1995
Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
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