the multi-disciplinary association of psychedelic studies, or "maps", was born. rick doblin, self proclaimed hippie turned advocate, researcher and fundraiser began his mission. >> it became apparent to me that the only way back into legal use of mdma would be through the fda to medicalize mdma through scientific research. >> launching maps into a 30 year struggle with federal regulators, thats resulted in small, but privately funded mdma studies across the world. coming up on techknow. >> it's kind of an orangish color. so it's possibly either methamphetamine or amphetamine. >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the soundbites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> every monday night. >> i lived that character. >> go one on one with america's movers and shakers. >> we will be able to see change. >> gripping... inspiring... entertaining. no topic off limits. >> 'cause i'm like, "dad, there are hookers in this house". >> exclusive conversations you won't find anywhere else

the multi-disciplinary association of psychedelic studies, or "maps", was born. rick doblin, self proclaimed hippie turned advocate, researcher and fundraiser began his mission. >> it became apparent to me that the only way back into legal use of mdma would be through the fda to medicalize mdma through scientific research. >> launching maps into a 30 year struggle with federal regulators, thats resulted in small, but privately funded mdma studies across the world. coming up on techknow. >> it's kind of an orangish color. so it's possibly either methamphetamine or amphetamine. >> it's friday night in hollywood... the dance clubs along hollywood boulevard are starting to fill up with partiers. "molly" is part of the scene. a team of volunteers from a non profit called "dance safe" has hit the streets too. as members of the harm reduction movement, they are on a mission that they think is very important. >> so you use this term "harm reduction", what does that really mean? >> well, "harm reduction" is acknowledging the fact that despite zero-tolerance drug policies,

it wasn't just psychedelic mushrooms. it was something much worse. and for justin, it was already too late to stop what was happening. >> do you remember what was happening? what you were seeing? >> the trees looked like cauliflower dancing around. they were stationary, but they were swaying really funny and the sidewalks were swooping up and down like a roller coaster and the grass was shooting up to the sky and dropping back down. >> you were really dripping. >> yeah, ift like oh, my good, this is getting really intense. >> down stair, elijah was starting to convulse. >> adam was down there with eli. he told me that eli was going into a bad trip. i asked him, do we need to call 911? he said no, it's just mushrooms. he's going to be find. he's just going in a bad trip. >> he started to foam at the mouth, yelling. i guess he was hitting his head, convulsing uncontrollably. finally, the police were called. >> i started to assist with cpr. with the effects of the drugs, i just wasn't able to do it. his face started to contort because of the drugs. it r

. >> how important you feel were could you get into this study of psychedelic experiences in terms of elon's. >> i know steve jobs experiment with psychedelics, as for as as i know elon loves to go to -- i dug into this pretty hard. i never found any conclusive proof that -- is not much of a drinker, he sort of likes to go for the experience of it all. he does go to burning band every year, he spent a lot of time there. he pay someone to build an art car that he likes to drive around. i would just be making something up if i told you i found conclusive proof one way or the other. >> is most of you know for coming to the 20th anniversary of the book festival, 20 years we typically don't do business book programming. i had the idea this year to commemorate the anniversary with the art of the deal by the great donald trump, but he was busy. when you do read these two, these are engrossing and engulfing books. it almost makes you feel like you are in a fiction world because they are so engaging. then engaging. then you realize these are real stories, ventures, real real thinkers, real tho

. >> actually, how important do you feel or did you get into the study of psychedelic experiences. >> for elon? i know steve jobs experimented with psychedelics and as far is a know elon loves to good to burning man. i dug into this pretty hard. as far as i know, if elon -- i never found any conclusive proof that -- he is not much of a drinker, not much of a -- he likes to go for the experience. he does go to burning man every year, he pays to build an art car he gets to drive around and likes to dance but i never -- i would just be making something up because i never found any conclusive proof one way or the other. >> thank you. >> nothing salacious. well, as most of you know for coming to 20th anniversary hover the texas book festival, we don't do any business book programming. had the idea to commemorate thard of the deal by the great donald trump but he was busy so we were unable to get hi him. these are engrossing and very engulfing books and almosts makes you feel like you're in a fiction world because they're so engaging but you realize these are real stores of real inventors a

we have here psychedelic doctor and awarewolf of sorts. >> i'm a devil. >> what are you? >> day of the dead. >> see a lot of face painting and this, of course, just a little sampling of what we saw here in the village tonight. as the sun went down, all sorts of creatures popped out along sixth avenue. >> i'm the cat in the hat. >> venetian statue and it looks good from what i can see, but it's hard for me to see because there's so many people. >> so many people, indeed. tens of thousands lined up to watch the floats and all part of the annual halloween parade in the village. the theme this year was shine a light. enjoying to the fullest. >> reporter: folks traveled from all over the city. this statue made the trek from niagara falls. >> always fun to get out and fun to get costumed up and go out and enjoy the festivities. >> reporter: the fun saturday night came under the watchful eye of the nypd. police here with departments around the nation were issued a bulletin about a possible threat. the feds were looking into a plot to attack officers on halloween. security was ti

sam: on projection, but also powered by a, dare we say, psychedelic tax rate. check out the breakdown from the colorado department of revenue. the specialty marijuana sales tax is a whopping 10%, which is padded by a 15% excise tax paid by pot producers. so all said and told, the total marijuana tax rate in colorado is almost 30%. meantime, the state's taxes on alcohol, be it for wine, liquor, or beer, range from a few cents to a few dollars per gallon. joseph: it's worth noting, of course, that colorado has very high taxes on marijuana and very low taxes on alcohol. so, it's not like people aren't still buying--that alcohol sales aren't still much more than marijuana sales. sam: in fact, alcohol sales in colorado are still much higher than pot, one reason why the mpp says it's not including general sales taxes in its calculations. maybe there's more money being generated from alcohol if you were to include the general sales tax too. lauren: overall, it's just that the specific special taxes levied on marijuana versus alcohol, they are higher from marijuana. we

psychedelic, scary, miscellaneous, apparently they posted this on youtube.. 35,000 views. >> i want the karen carpenter one. >> josh davis was so confident last tuesday that the mets woo win it all he decided to get a tattoo. >> no, he didn't. >> yes. >> whoops. in his tweet he sent out beforehand, be he said about to make a big mistake possible. that's the tattoo he ended up with. he says he doesn't regret it at all. on the other side, he also has a president kanye "20/20" tattoo. that's kind of >>> this morning on "world news now." plane crash mystery. the jet that blew apart over egypt's desert killing hundreds. three possible causes including terrorism. latest direction over night for investigators. >> extreme weather. the worst tornado outbreak in the southeast and the huge pile-up blamed on an unusual storm in the west. today's warnings from from accuweather. >>> and the 228 pound dog. >> his name is bentley. he's so big and so tall, that he could be world famous. so could he be headed into the record books? >> and later in "the skinny," an amazing ade

they seized more than sixty grams of cocaine more than 20 grams of crack and some psychedelic mushrooms. sean: state police made two high speed arrests on the same matter of hours. troopers say they clocked corey cole driving 121 miles per hour along i-93 in canterbury yesterday morning. the danbury man was arrested for reckless driving. about an hour later a state police aircraft clocked this man going 101 miles per hour in the same area. the 18-year-old from plymouth was also arrested for reckless driving. erin: it has now been 4 months s hands free driving law took effect and police say most people are obeying the new rules. state police say they have breaking the law. they say those numbers are s much better than it was. when you look at it relative to speeding, speeding is still happening at 10 times the rate with regard to how many people we are stopping. it' s mostly texting, mostly looking at messages or the internet or inputting gps data. erin: state police say they are still giving warnings in fact 50% of drivers did not get a ticket. if you do get one, it is $124 for a first

think it actually has a lot more emotion than people would expect from a movie that involves seven psychedelic mushroom-driven sequences. >> and the seveneneadly sins. >> exactly. >> what was your favorite christmas movie growing up, seth? >> "home alone." >> it was? >> for sure. and "die hard." some debate whether or not it's a christmas movie. >> it takes place over christmas. >> are we going to play that game with him now? >> i think we are. >> let's do it. >> here is the game. okay, we say a linenerom a chchstmas movie and you u ll us which movie it was. >> whoa, okay. >> we'll see how good you are. >> probably not very. >> probably not very. >> ready, here we go. i made my family disappear. >> "home alone." >> of course. you know that line for line? >> i know a lot of lines of it. i probably know 80% of the lines. >> here's the next one. god blesesus, everyone. >> i ithat "it's a wonderfrf" or no, it's "scrooge." yeah. >> he's right, "christmas carol." >> teacher says every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings. >> that's "it's a wonderful life." >> all right, welcome christmas, brin

they seized more than 60 grams of cocaine, 20 grams of crack, and some psychedelic mushrooms. sean: state police made to high-speed arrests in a matter of hours. troopers clocked corey cole yesterday morning. he was arrested for reckless driving. an hour later, a state police aircraft clocked this man going 101 miles per hour in the same area. the 18-year-old from plymouth was also arrested for reckless driving. erin: it has been four months since the hands-free driving logic effect. police say most people are obeying the new rules. state police have pulled over 2500 people for breaking the law and they say the numbers are encouraging. >> it is much better than it was. speeding, speeding was happening it is mostly texting. it is mostly looking at messages or inputting gps data. erin: state police are still giving warnings out. 50% of the drivers did not get a ticket, but if you do, it is a offense. if you have changed your driving habits because of the new hands-free law, we want to know. you can weigh in by calling or texting. you can also vote at wmur.com. here is a look at

. >> this is not the psychedelic era.which can deliver a debilitating shock of 50,000 volts. and the chemical agent known as oc, or pepper spray. >> could you wipe my eyes? please? >> the officers carry these weapons are required to be exposed to them as part of their training. they need to know the impact they will have on inmates and in the case of pepper spray, they will almost certainly be exposed to it themselves. >> sometime or other you're going to be in an altercation with an inmate and some of your co-workers are going to come to your aid and one of them is going to pull out a can of pepper spray. and they're going to spray everybody in sight. so if you know it's coming, there are things you can do to protect yourself. >> we've covered these staff certification drills at various locations. >> you got it, you got it. you got it. >> why are you coughing? >> i can't hear you. i got a whiff of the pepper spray. >> mack, you good? >> yeah, still good. >> i want you to get down on the ground, i want you to put your han

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psychedelic. if bernie sanders or not the answer to maturity is a fascist up there. and so this is the greatest place you should be able to come home to and yet i got turned down by three different places to do community service because of my felony conviction. the place is a blanket policy is not to hire felons. i don't seek to be paid, have a law degree at just want to stack blocks in your bookstore but they will not hire me. so forget banned the box and forget about even not asking me. how about getting rid of policies that don't allow you to consider me at all? so again i think it's cultural. i think it's just saying and knowing more people who've gone to prison saying i'm not going to write it off because you served some time. i'm going to judge you as an individual and get to know you and i think that's what has to happen. it's not a government solution though. >> one possible solution and we might be -- i think that even people on the right kind that's when people on the right might find this interesting. remember what he said people got out, that feeley that