A News story from Boulder Clorado about the modern re-emergence of the powerful shamanic herb salvia divinorium. http://newmedia.colorado.edu/newsteamboulder/messages/98.html

A variety of Psychedelic and cannabis related video and audio clips found at the excellent Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, (www.maps.org ) http://www.maps.org/avarchive/

A very trippy psychedelic animation staring an animated Albert Hoffman as Doc and someone else as a mental patient. http://w1.736.telia.com/~u73602493/flashback.html

Contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and the author of The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World, Michael Pollan delivers his Avenali Lecture on the stories of four familiar plant species: the apple, the tulip, the potato, and cannabis. The cannabis related material starts about 25 minutes in. http://webcast.ucsd.edu:8080/ramgen/UCSD_TV/7048.rm

2 conferencesPart 1: Feb. 24, 1990, Regulation or Prohibition: Psychedelics in the 1990s. Features Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Rick Doblin and more. 2 hours.Part 2:of April 17, 1993, Psychedelic Summit; LDS 50th Anniversary. Features Laura Huxley (widow of Aldous), Carolyn Garcia, Dale Gieringer, Rick Doblin, Dennis Peron, Brownie Mary Rathbun, Dr. Lester Grinspoon and more. 1 hour. http://www.crrh.org/hemptv/misc_maps.html

Audio only. LSD, psilocybin, mescaline… they're listed as schedule one narcotics, right up there with heroin, amphetamines, and marijuana. But today, 35 years after "turn on, tune in, drop out," we explore what scientists are learning about the potential of psychedelic drugs to treat disorders ranging from obsessive compulsive disorder to addiction. Plus, seeing God... and the DEA: "Psychedelics" features a report on a religious group called the UDV that's suing the federal government for the right to drink huasca, a sacramental tea that contains DMT. Guests include Dr.

Author and lecturer James Arthur discusses the role of the Fly Agaric mushroom in relation to the modern myths of Christmas and Santa Claus, and also explores the possibility that mushrooms account for the Biblical myths of manna. From a 1999 presentation based on his book, 'Mushrooms and Mankind' given at Gizeh, Egypt.

Could the answer to America's drug problem lie in an African root? Supporters say Ibogaine can treat Oxycontin, Vicodin, alcohol and heroin addiction. Some former drug addicts swear by it. Others warn it's too dangerous. In this Special Assignment investigation, CBS 2's Laura Diaz explores the "Root Of Hope." http://cbs2.com/specialassign/local_story_321191402.html

Chris Bennett and Renee Boje give us an update on Entheogenesis: A Conference Exploring Humanity's Realtionship With Sacred Plants, Past Present and Future which will be held at the BC Marijuana Party in Vancouver from Jan. 31 to Feb. 1, 2004. Speakers include Prof. Carl Ruck and Prof. Blaise Staples from Boston University, Prof. Benny Shannon from Hebrew Unversity, Cannibinoid researcher Dr. Ethan Russo Rick Doblin PhD.

A clip from the Spannish film 'Medicine of Forgiveness' by Delia Ackerman and Alonso Del Rio about Ayahuasca and the Shipibo Healer Don Benito.