Drugs and Consciousness
Does LSD open the doors of perception or just mess with your head?
Arts & Ideas · BBC Radio 4
October 10, 201846m 30s
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Show Notes
Does LSD open the doors of perception or just mess with your head? Leo Butler tells Matthew Sweet about writing a play inspired by taking part in the world's first LSD medical trials since the 1960s. Philosophers Peg O'Connor and Barry Smith lock horns with neuropsychopharmacologist David Nutt over whether drug-induced hallucinations allow access to a deeper reality.
Producer: Torquil MacLeod