Since suffering a devastating stroke in 1997, friend and ally of the Drug Policy Alliance, Ram Dass, has made few public appearances. Wednesday will be a rare opportunity to connect with this extraordinary man. Working around his disabilities, Ram Dass will draw on his vast knowledge to address the question of spirituality in drug policy reform. A Harvard-educated teacher, philosopher and spiritual seeker, Ram Dass is a living bridge between the wisdom of the East and Western ideals of justice and social action.  He has been a life-long champion of social policies based on reason and compassion and has been a key partner in the fight for drug reform.

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Ethan Nadelmann founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, the leading organization in the United States promoting alternatives to the war on drugs joins Ram Dass to answer your questions. A professor and author, Nadelmann founded the organization to advocate for drug policies grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights. Described by Rolling Stone as “the point man” for drug policy reform efforts, Ethan Nadelmann is widely regarded as the outstanding proponent of drug policy reform both in the United States and abroad.

Additional resources discussed during the chat:

• Psychedelic Drugs Reconsidered
  
  
• "Good Friday Experiment": A Long-Term Follow-Up and Methodological Critique by Rick Doblin
  
  
• A Review of the Research and Theological Implications of the Use of Psychedelic Drugs with Terminal Cancer Patients
  
  
• The History of Psychedelic Therapy with the Dying
  
  
• Implications of LSD and Experimental Mysticism
  
  
• Bill W. : A Biography of Alcoholics Anonymous Cofounder Bill Wilson
  
  
• Psychedelic Reflections
  
  
• PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story by Alexander and Ann Shulgin
  
  
• The Natural Mind : A New Way of Looking at Drugs and the Higher Consciousness
  
  
• Religion and Psychoactive Sacraments: An Entheogen Chrestomathy 
  
  
• Can Entheogenic Mystical Experience Be Accepted as True?