“Entheogens are not to be lightly trifled with... However, if taken with the right attitude and in the proper setting, psychoactive drugs may produce religious experiences. ...it is far less clear that they can produce religious lives.” IfsMayReligiousAttitudeTakenClearProduceDrugSettingSettingsReligious ExperienceReligious LifePsychoactive Drugs Author:Huston Smith
“What about self-awareness, the mysterious ability of the brain to reflect upon itself? Self-awareness can be tampered with by brainwashing, psychoactive drugs, electrical stimulation, political or religious propaganda, even advertising. A lifetime in front of a TV set may be the equivalent of a self transplant.” MaySelfPoliticalReligiousAbilityBrainAwarenessFrontsTvsDrugSelf AwarenessLifetimeAdvertisingMysteriousPropagandaElectricalStimulationBrainwashingTransplantsPsychoactive Drugs Author:Chet Raymo
“Drugs don't have spiritual potential, human beings have spiritual potential. And it may be that we need techniques to move us in that direction, and the use of psychoactive drugs clearly is one path that has helped many people.” PeopleNeedsHumansMayUseSpiritualMovingHuman BeingsPathDrugTechniquePsychoactive Drugs Author:Andrew Weil
“The drug ketamine, used as a 'dissociative' anesthetic, can produce subjective reports of conscious awareness outside the body, as can various other psychoactive drugs.” BodyUsedAwarenessProduceDrugConsciousVariousReportsSubjectiveConscious AwarenessAnestheticsPsychoactive Drugs Author:Stuart Hameroff
“Techniques such as genetic engineering, psychoactive drugs and electronic control of the brain make possible a transformation of the species into docile, fully-obedient, 'safe' organisms.” BrainDrugSafeTransformationSpeciesTechniqueEngineeringOrganismsObedientDocileGenetic EngineeringPsychoactive Drugs Author:William Sims
“The use of psychoactive drugs - including both antidepressants and antipsychotics - has exploded...[yet] 'the tally of those who are disabled...increased nearly two and a half times.” TwoUseHalfDrugIncludingDisabledAntidepressantsHalf TimePsychoactive Drugs Author:Marcia Angell
“Now it is one thing to say I say it that people shouldn't consume psychoactive drugs. It is entirely something else to condone marijuana laws, the application of which resulted, in 1995, in the arrest of 588,963 Americans. Why are we so afraid to inform ourselves on the question?” PeopleLawOne ThingDrugPrisonApplicationMarijuanaPsychoactive Drugs Author:William F. Buckley, Jr.