Cognitive liberty is the concept that an individual has absolute sovereignty over their state of consciousness, as long as it does not infringe on the rights of another. This includes the use of meditation, prayer, and psychoactive drugs.

LSD is one of the strangest and most controversial substances known to science. A dose smaller than a grain of salt precipitates a hazardous mental journey into a universe of hallucination, intense emotion and, some believe, mystical revelation.

Deepak Chopra delivers an excellent lecture, elegantly touching on topics like theoretical physics, neuroscience, and Buddhist meditation. He goes on to explain how these have all contributed to a new science of consciousness.

Thomas Szasz is a psychiatrist and academic. Since 1990 he has been Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the State University of New York Health Science Center in Syracuse. He is a prominent figure in the antipsychiatry movement.

We are going to need to change our approach to solving drug abuse if we have any desire to build a better society.

Alex Grey is an American artist specializing in spiritual and psychedelic art (also called visionary art). Grey is a Vajrayana Buddhist practitioner.

Jacob Hornberger from the Future of Freedom Foundation overviews the history of the War On Drugs and how it is crippling our personal liberties.

Does marijuana prohibition protect society or hurt it? NORML director Paul Armentano weighs in on this growing political issue.

How can we help those who are addicted to smoking cigarettes? To what extent do we have the right to intervene on the personal habits of others?

A lot of mental treatment is based on whether you should take pill A or pill B, but recent research is revealing more natural ways of improving our cognitive abilities and mental health.

The former APA President Stephen Sharfstein says psychiatrists have “allowed the biopsychosocial model to become the bio-bio-bio model.”

How sensory deprivation tanks can mimic the effects of psychedelic drugs like LSD and ketamine.