Myths overview

Transcript of an excellent talk given at the Lindesmith Center (New York) in March 2000. A straightforward overview of what MDMA is, what the potential risks of it are, what urban myths surround it, and what the therapeutic potential is. 

Zimmer, Lynn, and John P. Morgan. Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts A Revietv of the Scientific Evidence. New York Lindesmith Center, 1997. Provides a comprehensive overview of what is known about marijuana from the scientific literature and applies it to current policy issues such as medical use and decriminalization. 

The history of the myths-directed human society is a mine of the irrational consequences of misbeliefs traditionally handed down from generation to generation. It is enough to read a few of the more recent overviews Massacre in History (Levene and Roberts, 1999), In God s Name Genocide and Religion in the Twentieth Century (Bartov, 2001), Modern Hatreds The Symbolic Politics of Ethnic War (Kaufman, 2001), The Medical Documentation of Torture (Iacopino and Peel, 2002) to get acquainted with the worst manifestations of malevolently manipulated human brains. 

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