This Is Your Mind on Plants

1 About this book

This Is Your Mind On Plants is a 2021 book by Michael Pollan. It discusses the socio- economic, political, historical, and cultural significance of drugs in society. It examines three drugs in detail: opium, caffeine and mescaline, each of which, he argues, has had a significant impact on the development of society.

Pollan stated that he intended to start a post-"war on drugs" conversation that shifts attitudes away from flat-out prohibition, and towards finding a more mature way to fit drugs into society. He cites this as one of the reasons he included caffeine in the book: to show people who may have otherwise considered themselves as 'non-drug takers' that they may indeed also have an addiction to a plant drug. He also stated that another motivation for the book came from his deep interest in human relationships with plants and how plants use humans for survival and reproduction.

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Good for readers who want: science and self-improvement.

• Science
• Self-help
• Plants
• Psychotropic drugs
• Body, MIND & spirit