Turn on, tune in, cash out … The US right used to fear psychedelics. Now it wants to sell them | Kojo Koram

On 13 May 1966, a US Senate subcommittee questioned a former Harvard clinical psychologist, considered by many to be “the most dangerous man in America”, on the risks of psychedelics. Leading the inquisition of Dr Timothy Leary was Senator Ted Kennedy, of America’s unofficial first family. Amid a series of questions that reflected the moral…

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UK dances to Vance’s tune

Shorouk Express A daily download of the topics driving the tech policy agenda, from Brussels to London to Silicon Valley. By TOM BRISTOW with JOSEPH BAMBRIDGE and LAURIE CLARKE View in your browser or listen to audio SNEAK PEEK — Where does the Paris summit leave the U.K.’s AI policy? — MPs tackle the data bill,…

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