Herman H. Douma

“Millions of people have taken mushrooms for thousands of years, with very few reports of negative consequences. But the government wanted to score points by being seen as “tough on drugs” as the opposition Tory party said they would be.”
― David J. Nutt, Psychedelics: The revolutionary drugs that could change your life – a guide from the expert

“But in the 1960s, psychedelics were banned, not because they were dangerous, but for political reasons. When LSD left the lab and therapy rooms, the youth movement it fueled went against the “square” status quo and changed how young people thought, in particular about being drafted for the Vietnam War.”
― David J. Nutt, Psychedelics: The revolutionary drugs that could change your life – a guide from the expert

“The fact that psychedelics are about to become medicines shows that they should never have been banned in the first place—probably not even for recreational use, but certainly not as medicines. There are 50 years’ worth of people with mental illnesses and addictions who have been denied the best treatment that could have been available.”
― David J. Nutt, Psychedelics: The revolutionary drugs that could change your life – a guide from the expert

“Religion [...] may be seen as literature that has succeeded beyond any writer's wildest dreams.”
― Jack Miles, God: A Biography