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28 - Neil Woods - Undercover Cop Fights Drug War

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Release Date: 11/22/2016

Richie Olgulnick - Iboga & Addiction show art Richie Olgulnick - Iboga & Addiction

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Richie joins me to share his 25 years of knowledge about the powerful psychedelic drug Iboga, A.K.A. Ibogaine. The substance has amazing properties when it comes to treating physical addiction to opiates specifically, such as heroin.

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Dick Khan - 600 DMT Doses & Meeting Entities show art Dick Khan - 600 DMT Doses & Meeting Entities

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Dick Khan joins me from England to discuss his personal research into the DMT realms. DMT is short for dimethyltryptamine which is a powerful psychedelic drug, and the active ingredient in Ayahuasca.

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Zach & Jess Poitra - Ayahuasca Stories, Rheumatoid Arthritis, & Diet show art Zach & Jess Poitra - Ayahuasca Stories, Rheumatoid Arthritis, & Diet

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Zach and his wife Jess join me to speak about the Ayahuasca retreats they host in Guatemala. We talk all things Ayahuasca, including Doctorcito's, Dietas, Traditional vs. Modern approaches, and more! Find them at their website: https://www.ayahuascafamily.com, and me at www.changetruth.com

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Sergey Baranov - Scientific Dogma & The Psychedelic Individual show art Sergey Baranov - Scientific Dogma & The Psychedelic Individual

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Sergey works in Peru with the psychedelic cactus Huachuma. The main psycho-active ingredient being Mescaline, which is also in Peyote. This is the second time Sergey joins me to talk about his work. This time we start with his time as a young man using Ecstacy pills, before getting into his work with the mescaline-containing Huachuma Cactus in Peru, and then his breakdown of Scientific Dogma.

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John Vervaeke - Cognitive Science of Wisdom, Meaning, & Psilocybin Mushrooms show art John Vervaeke - Cognitive Science of Wisdom, Meaning, & Psilocybin Mushrooms

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John is a professor of Cognitive Science and Psychology at the University of Toronto. He joins me today to discuss all sorts of interesting subjects. The great thing about speaking to John is his noticeable passion for his own research and work around how our minds work. From Mystical experiences, Flow states, self-Deception, and psychedelic drugs.

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Will Johnson - How to Use Marijuana Effectively show art Will Johnson - How to Use Marijuana Effectively

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Will and I speak about how Marijuana can help people get out of their heads and into the body. Will teaches traditional Buddhism in addition to working with Marijuana in other practices such as Gazing, Breathwork and Meditation.

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Danny Nemu - Savantism & Hotboxing the Tabernacle show art Danny Nemu - Savantism & Hotboxing the Tabernacle

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Danny joins me from the UK to talk about his research on topics such as autism, language and its effects on our perspectives, and psychedelic drugs and states of mind in the bible.

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Phil Gatensby - Language, Love, & The Separation Blues show art Phil Gatensby - Language, Love, & The Separation Blues

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Phil and I sit down to record a conversation for a second time. The first time we began with Phil's own background and tumultuous time as a young man. This time around we dive right into the big ideas. All we knew beforehand was that we wanted to break down Spirituality and what that was.  We end up speaking a lot about Language, how we separate ourselves from the world around us because of it, and why we are actually far more connected than many of us realize. Other subjects include respect, love, community, youth, truth, spirit, religion, and traditional teachings.  To me, a big...

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Ruth Lera - Energy, Choice, & Non-Duality show art Ruth Lera - Energy, Choice, & Non-Duality

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Ruth and I break down some of the ideas put forward in her book: Walking the Soul Path. These include: Energy, Healing, Intention, Mindfulness, Meditation, Visualization, and other randomly interesting things such as Non-Duality, Psychedelic Drugs, Sleeping Better, and more! :)  A large part of the discussion centers around moving our focus and awareness out of our busy minds, and into our physical bodies and moment to moment awareness. It was a lot of fun, so huge thanks to Ruth for answering all of my nit picky questions.  Hope y'all enjoy. Check out Ruth's website:...

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Carolyn Green - Holotropic Breathwork & Psychedelic States show art Carolyn Green - Holotropic Breathwork & Psychedelic States

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Carolyn just lead a Holotropic Breathwork workshop in Whitehorse which I attended. We break down this experience as well as Carolyn's own Holotropic sessions in the past. There is a lot to unpack when speaking about these mysterious states of mind, and so we tackle many subjects here including some comparison between psychedelic drugs and the similar effects they can have on a person's psyche.  Check out Carolyn Green's website for upcoming workshops and more:    INSTAGRAM:  TWITTER: www. FACEBOOK:   Intro song: "Lovin' Your Neighbour" by Phat Bollard Check Them...

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For 14 years Neil infiltrated drug gangs in the UK as an undercover operative. He spent 23 years total in the UK police force. He is now the chair for LEAP UK, which stands for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.

We talk about his many experiences posing as a drug addict and taking down drug dealers, and why he's switched sides in this drug war. Neil is open about how difficult it was to come to terms with how little good he actually did for his communities by going after these drug kingpins. He is also open about how coming to this realization contributed to his PTSD. 

Drug addiction is quite clearly a medical and social issue, not a criminal one. We discuss why police should be free to focus on other things, and that by keeping drugs illegal we are actually perpetuating violence, theft, and intimidation in our communities. 

We also touch on marijuana and the potential for some other psychedelic type of substances to be used for people's benefit, as well as political corruption, fear, and speaking out publicly.

There is an overwhelming amount of proof as to why this drug war is a losing battle, but it may take many more people like Neil speaking up before things change. Find him and others like him at LEAP UK: http://ukleap.org

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