How to Change Your Mind

Matt Roush says...

Or maybe blow your mind? Based on Michael Pollan’s book, a four-part documentary from the prolific Alex Gibney, directed by Alison Ellwood and Lucy Walker, explores the potential of mind-altering psychedelics LSD, psilocybin, MDMA and mescaline by demystifying their use with human-interest stories. “What if mental health problems like OCD, PTSD, alcoholism and depression could all be helped?” Pollan queries in his study of psychedelic research and therapy, which he calls “the tool for understanding the mind.”

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