Mike Jay on Mescaline | Living Mirrors #63

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Mike Jay on Mescaline | Living Mirrors #63

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Mike Jay is a writer who has written extensively on the history of science and medicine, with a particular focus on psychoactive drugs. His books on the subject include Emperors of Dreams: drugs in the nineteenth century, High Society: mind-altering drugs in history and culture, and Mescaline: A global history of the first psychedelic.

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Mike Jay on Mescaline | Living Mirrors #63

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