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This is Lorenzo and I'm your host here in the psychedelic salon.

And today I'm going to play a recording of last Monday's live salon,

where Attorney Gary Smith joined us for another update of some current legal aspects of the war on drugs.

And we also talked about his encyclopedia of drug laws from the

international to local jurisdictions. This new book of his, Psychedelica Lex, is not just a

valuable resource for lawyers. It can also be very worthwhile for local psychedelic societies to use

as, well, as background for some of their discussions.

We seem to be undergoing a sea change in the public attitude about the potential for psychedelics

and treating mental illnesses, as well as about the benefits of cannabis.

And this shift in public opinion is finally being reflected in the

attitudes of many officials in legal and regulatory agencies. A new day is dawning, and now is

the time to keep building the momentum of legalization at every opportunity you have. So here's our conversation with Attorney Gary Smith about the current state of legal affairs

in the so-called war on drugs.

And like you, I say so-called war on drugs because, well, no drugs are being injured in this

war.

It's a war on people.

This nation has declared a war on a significant percentage of its own

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