Herman H. Douma

“And crawling on the planet's face,
some insects called the human race.
Lost in time, and lost in space.
And meaning.”
― Richard O'Brien, The Rocky Horror Show

“...set out to rectify this absurd—I would even say obscene—denial of scientific inquiry and potential therapeutic progress.”
― 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