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Welcome, welcome, welcome to
"Last Week Tonight."
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I'm John Oliver, thank you so much for
joining us. We are back!
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After three long months and what has
been one very busy week,
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especially for Fox News, a network
whose very name is a lie,
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in that it provides neither news nor,
indeed, foxes.
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Now, you may remember, they're being
sued by Dominion Voting Systems,
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the company at the center of Trump's
election conspiracy theories-
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theories which were repeatedly
amplified by hosts on Fox.
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And in a legal filing made public
this week,
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we got a glimpse at Fox's internal
communications during that time.
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{\an8}Privately, top anchors and executives
mocked trump's lies,
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{\an8}calling them "ludicrous," "really crazy
stuff," and "totally off the rails."
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{\an8}Even as those same hosts went on the
air arguing completely otherwise.
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{\an8}All right, these election challenges
are still going on
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{\an8}and disturbing irregularities
have been found
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{\an8}and must be investigated
to the fullest.
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Wow. If I were a Fox viewer,
I'd feel pretty betrayed by that.
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This is like finding out that Big Bird
regularly texts Elmo, "Fuck them kids."
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And Elmo agrees.
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This filing shows the extent to which
Fox hosts
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did not believe the shit that
they were selling.
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Which is completely fine if you work
for QVC and have to fill an hour
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on why a bejeweled Squatty Potty
will change your life,
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but it's a bit more concerning when
you pretend to be the news.
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But perhaps the most fascinating thing
is how terrified major Fox figures were
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of losing their audience to more
conspiracy-friendly networks
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like Newsmax, with Tucker Carlson
at one point saying,
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"An alternative like Newsmax could be
devastating to us."
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They seemed to understand that
acknowledging Biden had won
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was alienating their viewers.
Sean Hannity wrote to a producer,
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after the network called the election
for Biden,
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"Respecting this audience
whether we agree or not is critical.
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Fox has spent the month spitting
at them,"
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to which the producer replied, "Right,
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our best minutes from last week were on
the voting irregularities."
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Which-remember-they all knew were
bullshit.
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And look, on one hand,
I kind of get it.
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We also face pressure to maintain
our audience.
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It's just we do it the old-fashioned
way, by having integrity, self-respect,
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and the blind fortune of airing
right after hit,
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prestige dramas that people actually
want to watch. It's not difficult.
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But multiple Fox hosts seemed to see
telling the truth
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as a potentially existential threat.
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{\an8}After Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich
fact-checked a Trump tweet about
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{\an8}votes being destroyed, Tucker Carlson
texting his colleagues,
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{\an8} "Please get her fired, seriously,
what the F?
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{\an8}It's measurably hurting the company.
The stock price is down."
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Look, as egregious as that is,
it does definitely track,
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as the list of fireable offenses at
Fox News seems to be,
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"Making stock price go down or being
a sexual monster for decades,
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parentheses, but only if people outside
the company find out about it."
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But instead of going deeper into that
sewer,
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we're going to turn
to the continuing fallout
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from the train derailment
in East Palestine, Ohio.
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As you probably know, two weeks ago,
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a Norfolk Southern freight train
went off the rails,
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releasing large amounts of hazardous
chemicals.
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And the situation continues to be
troubling.
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{\an8}Tonight, outrage growing
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{\an8}less than two weeks after that massive
train derailment
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{\an8}and the controlled
burn of hazardous chemicals
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{\an8}sent up a toxic plume of black smoke
in East Palestine, Ohio.
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{\an8}Residents demanding answers complaining
of burning eyes, nausea, headaches
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{\an8}and a pungent odor,
and reporting dead animals.
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{\an8}Officials confirming 3,500 fish killed
by the chemicals.
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{\an8}Don't tell me it's safe.
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{\an8}Something's going on if the fish are
floating in the creek.
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Right. That frustration makes sense.
Because unless that train was carrying
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a bunch of small, loose, already-dead
fish, that looks bad.
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This has been a nightmare for local
residents.
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Initially,
many were evacuated,
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before a "controlled release" of the
train's contents,
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which looked like this.
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Then just two days later, they were
told that it was safe to return,
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despite the fish cemetery that was now
actively floating downstream,
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and initially they were given just
a thousand-dollar check
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as an inconvenience fee.
It's frankly no wonder
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a meeting on Wednesday night
quickly got contentious.
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{\an8}Outrage poured over at a town hall in
East Palestine last night
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{\an8}as anxious residents grilled state
and local officials.
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{\an8}- Is everybody satisfied with my answer?
- No!
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Yeah, of course, they weren't!
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And one of the reasons that fire chief
was the one getting yelled at
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was because no one from
Norfolk Southern showed up,
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with the company later explaining
their absence,
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citing the "growing physical threat"
to their employees.
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And, you know what,
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you certainly would not want them
exposed to that level of toxic anger.
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Not without at least giving them a
thousand-dollar check first,
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you know, for the inconvenience.
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And look, the National Transportation
Safety Board
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is conducting an investigation into the
causes of this crash,
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so we don't yet have answers on exactly
what went wrong.
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That said,
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some of the things Norfolk Southern
workers are telling reporters
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about that train are pretty worrying.
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{\an8}CBS News has learned that some of the
company's employees
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{\an8}had previously expressed concern over
the excessive size and weight
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{\an8}of the 151-car train,
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{\an8}which was 9,300 feet long and weighed
18,000 tons.
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{\an8}They say it had suffered at least one
breakdown on its route
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{\an8}before it derailed in East Palestine.
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That's not great!
And it should say something that
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employees were raising concerns about
the 18,000-ton combustible centipede
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that the company was operating.
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Because that's not something you can
just brush off, like me being told,
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"I think you should show your parent
company a little more respect."
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I'll do that if you can tell me who the
fuck it actually is right now.
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Then I'll give my deadbeat business
daddy
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the exact amount of respect
that they deserve.
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And troublingly,
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this is part of a larger trend of
trains getting longer and heavier,
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even as companies have operated with
smaller staffs.
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And workers have claimed
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that this was widely known as a
difficult train to run.
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And that, while its official name was
32N,
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it had a nickname
among some rail workers of "32 Nasty."
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Which sounds like a bra size that was
on sale at Victoria's Secret
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until, like, two years ago.
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The thing is, this accident is exposing
much more than just chemicals.
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It's exposing some much broader
big issues
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in how freight trains
like 32 Nasty are regulated-
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one of which even seemed to startle
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine.
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{\an8}This train apparently
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{\an8}was not considered a high hazardous
material train.
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{\an8}Even though some rail cars did have
hazardous material on board,
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{\an8}and while most of them did not,
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{\an8}that's why it was not categorized as a
high hazardous material train.
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{\an8}Frankly, if this is true-and I'm told
it's true- this is absurd.
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Oh, come on, Mike! What're you really
so confused about? Everyone knows,
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it's not dangerous if only part of
something can kill you.
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That's why Russian roulette is a great
activity for a child's birthday party.
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It's the new pin the tail on the
donkey.
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Where have you been? They love it!
It's fine. And I will say,
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I don't know exactly how to regulate or
classify hazardous materials on trains,
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but a key question for me would be,
if it derails,
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will authorities have to turn it into
an apocalyptic mushroom cloud
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to try and mitigate the damage?
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'Cause if the answer's yes,
I don't know,
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maybe slap that "hazardous" label on
it, just to be on the safe side.
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Another issue that's now being
discussed is
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antiquated braking systems,
as on many trains,
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each railcar receives the stop signal
one after the other,
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instead of all at once,
costing valuable seconds.
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And a lot can happen in even small
amounts of time.
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For instance, a few minutes ago,
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you were excited to see this show come
back, weren't you? Not so much now!
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The Obama administration actually took
steps to address this,
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issuing a rule in 2015
requiring railroads to use
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electronically controlled pneumatic
brakes on especially dangerous trains,
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which remember, the East Palestine
train supposedly wasn't.
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But train companies lobbied against it,
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Congress held it up, and the Trump
administration finally killed it.
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And it's not like people weren't
warning us
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about the risks of doing that.
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Because here is a rail accident
investigator in Ohio at that time.
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{\an8}A controlled pneumatic braking system
could make a big difference
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{\an8}versus what these have now.
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There have been fires,
explosions
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all caused
because they're using
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this ancient,
150-year-old braking system.
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It's been available for at least
20 years.
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And they don't want to put it in
because it costs money.
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Exactly, and that is pretty frustrating
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because a train's ability to stop is
kind of important.
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It's in the top three things that
trains need to do,
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along with go, and teach children their
only value to society is having a job.
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And again, we don't know yet exactly
what caused this crash in Ohio.
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Maybe classifying that train as
hazardous
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and requiring those brakes would've
helped. Maybe not. But in general,
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it sure seems like we need to be
tightening things up going forward.
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Train worker unions have been warning
us about safety issues for a long time.
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And it really feels like we should
maybe start listening more
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to the people who actually run
these trains,
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rather than just to those who profit
from them.
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Because if you ask yourself whether
this is an acceptable way
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to run a vital national industry, if I
may quote the people of East Palestine,
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the answer should pretty clearly be-
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- No!
- Exactly. And now, this.
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And Now: Jim Cramer Will Not Shut Up
About His Brioni Suits.
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{\an8}We can talk about that
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{\an8}but I want to talk to you about how
nice you're looking in that suit.
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{\an8}- I don't know who makes that suit.
- That's a Brioni.
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{\an8}- Look at this, it's a nice Brioni.
- You look-you look amazing, by the way.
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{\an8}Well, isn't that what the dollar is
telling you at this point?
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{\an8}Dollar is saying don't be so gloomy, go
to Italy and go buy Brioni suits.
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{\an8}Who wears black shoes
with a olive suit?
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{\an8}It's a-first of all, it's a Brioni
suit, it's worth a lot more than you.
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{\an8}I mean, I'm on the-the back and forth
here with Milan and Brioni.
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{\an8}This is a Super 180 Brioni!
I got this in Milan!
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{\an8}40% off, buy one, get one Brioni!
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{\an8}We both wear Brioni or I don't know if
he wears Brioni.
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{\an8}This, by the way, is a Brioni.
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{\an8}I wear Brioini. Brioni.
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{\an8}They have the Brioini men's super150
two-button notch lapel suit.
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{\an8}David, this is the first time this has
ever happened.
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{\an8}I'm buying with one click on air
right now.
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{\an8}You're not buying a Brioini suit
on Amazon.
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{\an8}- This used to be a $2,100 suit-
- You're not buying it.
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{\an8}They have it for $2,004.
This is a saving of 100.
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{\an8}- Add to cart and then-
- No way, no way.
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{\an8}I just add it to the cart, David.
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{\an8}That's stu-you can't buy a Brioni suit
on Amazon. What's wrong with you?
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{\an8}My god, all right, let's move on.
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Moving on. Our main story tonight
concerns drugs-
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y'know, the substances that gave us
most music,
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seasons one and two of "The West Wing,"
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and this spectacular clip of a BBC
reporter getting inadvertently wasted.
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Burning behind me is eight and a half
tons of heroin, opium, hashish,
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and other narcotics.
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Burning behind me...
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Quick! Quick, quick, quick!
We just need one more.
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Exquisite.
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That deserves the Pulitzer Prize for
"Reporter on Most Drugs."
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I'm not sure what my favorite part is
there-his little giggle,
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the idea that someone thought,
"Let's put a guy downwind from
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an eight-and-a-half ton pile
of burning narcotics,"
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or the fact that its main effect on him
seems to be
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to turn him into a total sweetie pie.
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Specifically, we're going to talk about
psychedelics-
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a category that includes drugs like
psilocybin, LSD, and MDMA.
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And let me first say, I know,
anyone with my face, voice,
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and generally off-putting aura
who talks about drugs
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is usually warning you about
the devil's lettuce.
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But I'm no fucking narc.
In college,
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I practically majored in herbology with
a minor in ganja-neering.
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They-they called me Sonic the Hedgehog
because I rolled tightly.
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Also, I've done blow on tour with
Ozzy Osbourne,
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who's also my dad, by the way.
So, I'm in the scene, okay? I get it.
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The truth is, lots of people use
psychedelics.
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Some for spirituality,
some for healing,
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and some, like A$AP Rocky,
just for fun.
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The first time he did LSD, it started
to kick in just as he was having sex,
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with some surprising consequences.
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{\an8}No lie, a rainbow shot out of my dick.
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{\an8}And it had a sound with it, like-like a
piano or some shit.
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I have no idea why there was a rainbow
coming out of my penis.
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I don't even like rainbow.
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Excellent. Every sentence is better
than the last there.
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"A rainbow shot out of my dick"-
fantastic.
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"It had a sound with it, like a piano
or some shit"-I love it.
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"I have no idea why there was a rainbow
coming-coming out of my penis"-
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now, he's introduced suspense
to the story!
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"I don't even like rainbows"-
what a way to stick the landing.
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Also, I'm pretty sure that A$AP Rocky
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just gave Skittles their next
commercial.
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"Skittles: taste the dick rainbow."
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But tonight,
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we're going to focus on one particular
use of psychedelics-in therapy.
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It's a field that you may've heard
about recently,
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in stories featuring testimonies from
some very satisfied patients.
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{\an8}I had all this access to my mind
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{\an8}and I could control where
I was thinking and going.
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It connected me back to my body,
like I could feel my body again.
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It made me feel more comfortable
with-with living, you know,
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because you're not afraid of dying.
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It's like doing therapy while being
hugged by everyone who loves you
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in a bathtub full of puppies
licking your face.
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Wow. That is a pretty powerful
endorsement.
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He makes it sound pretty nice there.
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It would sound nicer if a rainbow also
shot out of your dick,
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but that's only because A$AP Rocky
has now raised the bar
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on what constitutes a pleasant human
experience.
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That last guy is a veteran who claims
that psychedelic treatment
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not only helped him with PTSD
but saved his life-
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and he is not the only vet
who has benefited.
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I had three experiences at full dosage,
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but the effects after the first
treatment were profound.
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{\an8}I would have said a 60% reduction
in my symptoms immediately.
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{\an8}I felt a-a mighty change had occurred.
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60% immediately. It is not often you
see those kinds of results
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after your first therapy session.
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Especially now that so much of it
happens over Zoom.
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Usually, day one is spent for
introductions and trying to figure out
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what the fuck that thing behind
yourtherapist's head is.
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That can't be what
I think it is, right? It just can't be.
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And look, it's not just anecdotal.
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A recent clinical trial of
MDMA-assisted therapy found that,
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for those suffering from PTSD,
just two months after treatment,
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67% no longer qualified for a PTSD
diagnosis.
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And that is not even getting into the
promise that psychedelics have shown
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in treating conditions like addiction
and depression.
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The fact is, all of this is hugely
encouraging.
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But it is worth knowing, we've actually
been here before with psychedelics,
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and we fucked it up-and if we are not
very careful in the years ahead,
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we could go backwards again.
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So, tonight, let's talk about
psychedelic therapy-
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its history, its potential, and what
the pitfalls ahead might be.
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And let's begin by acknowledging a lot
of these medicines,
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especially psilocybin, are nothing new
to Indigenous communities,
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who've been conducting rituals
involving mushrooms, peyote, ayahuasca,
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and other ceremonial medicines, far
longer than western civilization has.
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But interest in psychedelics outside of
Indigenous communities
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really picked up around the middle of
the last century.
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LSD was first synthesized
in a Swiss lab in 1938.
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And a banker at J.P. Morgan named
R. Gordon Wasson
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popularized magic mushrooms,
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after hearing about an Indigenous
Mexican woman named Maria Sabina,
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who used them in healing ceremonies,
and tracked her down in 1955.
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After several attempts,
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he finally convinces Maria Sabina to
let him taste the "magic mushrooms,"
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as they came to be called.
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He comes back and writes an account of
his adventure
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that is published in Life Magazine of
all places.
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Now, this is astonishing.
This is 1957 when it comes out,
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thousands of words in the biggest
magazine in America.
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This article, when it's published,
is a sensation.
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It's true. Wasson was basically the
very first white guy who did shrooms
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and then made it
his entire personality.
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That article started a stampede of
hippies and celebrities
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into Maria Sabina's village,
that turned her neighbors against her
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to such a point that they burned her
house to the ground.
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So, you can add magic mushrooms to the
list of things completely ruined
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by finance bros, along with vests,
dating apps, and the middle class.
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But it wasn't just bankers and hippies
drawn to the power of these substances.
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The U.S. military actually conducted
experiments to see if they could be
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dropped on enemy troops
to incapacitate them-
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and lucky for us, they filmed those
experiments for posterity.
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Here is a group of normal soldiers
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responding correctly to a series of
routine drill commands.
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After receiving a small dose of LSD,
they're confused and undisciplined.
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Yeah, you really got 'em there.
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Those soldiers went from
"tightly choreographed parade"
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to "tourists trying to decide
where to have lunch,"
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and all it took was a tiny bit of
chemical warfare. It's brilliant!
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But even as the army was dicking around
trying to invent a literal love-bomb,
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some researchers were using LSD
as a mental health treatment.
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In 1966, CBS News
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followed a man who received LSD as part
of his treatment for alcoholism
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and reported on its startling results.
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Six months after treatment with LSD,
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six months after his release
from the alcoholics' ward
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at Spring Grove Hospital,
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Arthur King has started over.
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At the age of 33,
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he has gone back to school, something
he talked about doing for years.
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In evening classes,
he's studying accounting.
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Have you had anything to drink,
for example?
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No, I haven't. Nothing at all.
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And I haven't had any desire to drink
anything.
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That is incredible,
but also-that guy is 33?
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I know that I'm hardly one to talk,
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as a legal 45
but a spiritual octogenarian,
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but holy shit,
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people sure aged a lot worse back when
we painted everything with lead
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and let people smoke
in the delivery room.
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Unfortunately, by the late 1960s,
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psychedelics became increasingly
associated with the counterculture.
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And as the government cracked down on
that movement,
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they began an era of anti-psychedelic
hysteria. And it was intense.
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Junk studies made dubious
but terrifying claims,
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like that LSD could warp
your chromosomes,
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and education films employed a wide
range of tones, and scare tactics,
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like these.
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This is a fetus from a mother not
receiving LSD, a normal fetus.
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This is a fetus from the mother
receiving LSD.
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I know doctors, and I know lawyers,
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and I know the most stable people in
the world
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that have taken trips on LSD
and are still waiting to return.
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Unfortunately, these dreamy,
psychedelic trips
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are very often one-way.
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Okay, okay.
That is quite the smear campaign,
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from the hamster fetus that looks like
dino nuggets,
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to the woman screaming at you about all
the doctors and lawyers she knows,
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to the hearse that apparently makes
house calls.
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And while all of that was nonsense,
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I do kind of miss the days when we used
to get dressed up
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to watch our drugged-out relatives
get carted off to the morgue.
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"Honey, they'll be hauling Jimmy's body
to its final stop before hippie hell,
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quick, where's my tie clip?
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Helen! Tie clip! The neighbors may see,
they're gonna think we're poor,
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get it together, Helen,
and find my tie clip! The boy is dead!"
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Tall tales about LSD ran rampant.
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At one point, a Pennsylvania state
commissioner claimed
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"half a dozen tripping
Pennsylvania college students
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stared at the sun so long
that they went completely blind."
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But the truth is, he made it up!
He later admitted the hoax,
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saying that he'd attended a lecture on
the use of LSD by children
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and became so concerned, he wanted to
scare people away from the drug.
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But the hysteria hit its absolute peak
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when Nixon
passed the Controlled Substances Act,
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which "placed LSD and psilocybin
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in the most restrictive legal category"
possible, alongside drugs like heroin,
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essentially stopping medical research
dead in its tracks.
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One researcher described the work
as being put in the "deep freeze."
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And when scientists started working
with MDMA,
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it, too, got swept up into the panic,
with the journal Science alleging that
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just one use can cause permanent
brain damage in monkeys,
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a study that got a lot of attention
before being retracted
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after it was found that the monkeys
hadn't actually taken MDMA at all,
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but instead, had been given meth.
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And that is a very different drug!
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Any study's result is going to change
if the independent variable
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is suddenly, and unexpectedly,
fucking meth.
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"We've studied the vaccine for Covid
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and the participants are going apeshit
for it!"
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But in recent years, perceptions have
finally begun to shift,
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with the FDA granting breakthrough
status
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to support the study of MDMA
for treating PTSD,
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and doing the same
for psilocybin to treat depression.
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And at this point,
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let's talk about exactly why
psychedelics can be so effective.
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Different ones can work in different
ways, but for instance,
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research shows that MDMA dampens
the response in the amygdala,
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which is the threat-detecting center of
the brain, meaning that
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you're able to confront and process
trauma that you can't otherwise face.
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Here-here is one researcher explaining
how it works
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with a story about taking MDMA
recreationally in his younger days.
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I can remember at one time
after a rave,
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all of us lying around all loved up and
somebody said,
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"Oh, wow, this is amazing. It's so
beautiful. Everything's so perfect."
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And someone said, "Let's think of the
worst possible thing we can imagine,"
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and someone said, "Let's- let's imagine
our mums dying."
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And then someone said,
"It's not that bad."
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And
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{\an8}I didn't know it then,
but that really was what MDMA does.
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{\an8}It allows you to think about
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{\an8}and go to those dark, difficult,
forbidden avoidant memories
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that you normally wouldn't be able to
touch.
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That is fascinating, and I'm so glad
that that worked out for him,
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but "let's imagine our mums dying"
doesn't sound like an amazing time.
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It sounds like a rave DJ'd
by Werner Herzog.
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"Life is fleeting.
Let's imagine our mums dying
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as a solemn reminder that all we have
is tonight.
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Now, wave your hands in the air as if
our slow passage towards oblivion
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makes you just not care."
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Now, to be clear,
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psychedelic therapy involves much more
than just taking a pill.
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These drugs alone don't automatically
produce results.
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Usually, treatment entails multiple
sessions lasting most of the day,
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in which you may take MDMA or
psilocybin
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under the supervision of medical
professionals,
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and then follow up with processing
and aftercare.
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They are not a replacement for
conventional talk therapy,
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they just seem to make you
significantly more receptive to it.
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Just watch this former firefighter
narrate video of himself
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undergoing MDMA-assisted therapy.
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This is your first medicated treatment
session.
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Correct.
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This is the beginning of some
interesting revelations on this video.
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Are you feeling completely conscious
and you're in control and-
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{\an8}Yeah, I felt like I was able to relax
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{\an8}even when I was talking through
probably my most traumatic memories.
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I don't think I'd seen a dead person
until then.
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First one was gruesome, too.
446
00:23:53,279 --> 00:23:55,596
It was like being able to take
a big breath,
447
00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:59,079
you know, after being stuck underwater
for a long time.
448
00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:02,836
Yeah, and you can see the utility of
having two people
449
00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,475
either side of that man,
talking him through the experience.
450
00:24:05,559 --> 00:24:06,715
And if it sounds like I'm treating
451
00:24:06,799 --> 00:24:10,035
"having two people to talk to about
your feelings" like a radical idea,
452
00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:14,715
you do have to remember that I was born
tragically and medically British.
453
00:24:14,799 --> 00:24:19,195
What is interesting is, though,
it is not just that your fear is muted,
454
00:24:19,279 --> 00:24:21,035
your brain's ability to make other
connections
455
00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:23,836
and forge new neural pathways
is also heightened. Meaning that
456
00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:27,515
these sessions can fundamentally alter
the way you process things.
457
00:24:27,599 --> 00:24:30,275
That is thought to be one reason why
psychedelics are so promising
458
00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:32,916
for treating conditions like
addiction and depression.
459
00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,636
And why they're proving especially
useful for dealing with trauma.
460
00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:40,515
That is what makes this form of therapy
particularly appealing to veterans,
461
00:24:40,599 --> 00:24:43,156
as PTSD is an urgent issue for them.
462
00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:47,396
In 2019, over 6,000 veterans died
by suicide,
463
00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:50,396
a rate substantially higher than
the general population.
464
00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:53,235
And it's not like the VA's current
treatment methods
465
00:24:53,319 --> 00:24:55,995
are particularly effective.
Remember the guy from earlier,
466
00:24:56,079 --> 00:24:59,316
who compared psychedelic treatment
to a bathtub full of puppies?
467
00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:02,356
Listen to him describe
the mental health care from the VA
468
00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:04,116
that he initially received.
469
00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,750
I drove to Womack Army Medical Center
at Fort Bragg,
470
00:25:08,039 --> 00:25:09,789
{\an8}and I said I was gonna kill myself.
471
00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:12,156
{\an8}They gave me six Xanax,
472
00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:16,240
{\an8}told me not to take 'em all at the same
time because it might kill me.
473
00:25:16,799 --> 00:25:19,356
They asked if I had guns at home,
and I said, "Yes, a lot,"
474
00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:22,796
and they said-asked if I had ammo,
I said, "Yeah, plenty."
475
00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:24,356
And they said,
"Okay, when you get home,
476
00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:28,190
give all your guns to a neighbor," this
is like four o'clock in the morning.
477
00:25:30,279 --> 00:25:32,529
And they said,
"Come back after the holidays."
478
00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:36,356
Okay, I knew the VA's mental health
services were subpar,
479
00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:37,715
but I didn't know they stooped to
480
00:25:37,799 --> 00:25:40,596
"here's a bunch of ways to kill
yourself, but honor system, don't.
481
00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:44,160
And anyway, see you after the saddest
time of the year!"
482
00:25:44,759 --> 00:25:48,636
Thankfully, that guy saw such a
profound change from MDMA therapy
483
00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,235
that he's now helping to lead a
movement to allow psychedelics
484
00:25:51,319 --> 00:25:53,675
to be used to treat conditions like
PTSD,
485
00:25:53,759 --> 00:25:56,955
enlisting help from democratic
lawmakers like AOC,
486
00:25:57,039 --> 00:26:01,116
and even Republican lawmakers like
Rick Perry and Dan Crenshaw.
487
00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:03,715
And that kind of bipartisan consensus
488
00:26:03,799 --> 00:26:05,955
has brought us to the tipping point
that we're at right now.
489
00:26:06,039 --> 00:26:07,596
Because so far, in the U.S.,
490
00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:11,836
these drugs have only legally been
available to people in clinical trials.
491
00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:12,916
But over the next year,
492
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,435
it is widely anticipated that the FDA
will approve MDMA for clinical use,
493
00:26:16,519 --> 00:26:19,316
with psilocybin expected to follow
a few years later,
494
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:21,435
and maybe even LSD one day.
495
00:26:21,519 --> 00:26:24,515
Meaning that we may be about to finally
realize
496
00:26:24,599 --> 00:26:28,035
some of the huge potential of
psychedelics, which is great.
497
00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:32,515
But it is worth being very careful at
this point to make sure that
498
00:26:32,599 --> 00:26:36,475
we don't repeat past mistakes, or,
indeed, make new ones.
499
00:26:36,559 --> 00:26:39,916
And those who work in this field point
to a few big areas for caution.
500
00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:43,475
The first concerns how psychedelics are
administered, and by whom.
501
00:26:43,559 --> 00:26:46,396
Because while people have used these
drugs recreationally forever,
502
00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:49,596
and will continue to, at parties,
at raves, in nature,
503
00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,240
or to really liven up a baptism,
504
00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:56,876
psychedelic-assisted therapy is not for
everyone. For example,
505
00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:01,195
anyone with a history of schizophrenia
or psychosis may want to steer clear.
506
00:27:01,279 --> 00:27:03,475
And even if you are a good match,
507
00:27:03,559 --> 00:27:07,156
because these drugs can put you
in an incredibly vulnerable state,
508
00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,475
experts emphasize the importance of
trying them in a controlled setting,
509
00:27:10,559 --> 00:27:13,509
which ideally would involve two people
present at all times,
510
00:27:13,559 --> 00:27:17,209
and even videotaping the session, like
that one that you just saw earlier.
511
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,316
They advise this not just for your own
safety,
512
00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:22,396
but also because,
for all their potential benefits,
513
00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:25,755
these drugs aren't always a bathtub
full of puppies.
514
00:27:25,839 --> 00:27:29,715
We tell people that their experiences
may vary,
515
00:27:29,799 --> 00:27:31,876
from very positive to,
516
00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:36,076
you know, transcendent and lovely,
to literally hell realm experiences.
517
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:37,435
Hell realm?
518
00:27:37,519 --> 00:27:42,035
As frightening an experience
as you have ever had in your life.
519
00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:43,836
Now, that does sound bad,
520
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:48,035
although to be fair, you don't need to
take drugs to get to the hell realm.
521
00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:51,235
After all, that is why airports have
Sbarros.
522
00:27:51,319 --> 00:27:54,675
But it is important to note that
523
00:27:54,759 --> 00:27:58,715
even those in studies who've
reported hell-realm-type experiences
524
00:27:58,799 --> 00:28:02,435
have often still felt that
they'd benefited from the treatment.
525
00:28:02,519 --> 00:28:04,116
But safety is not the only worry here.
526
00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,475
There are also concerns over
accessibility.
527
00:28:06,559 --> 00:28:09,235
These treatments are likely to be very
expensive,
528
00:28:09,319 --> 00:28:12,319
and there are some players angling to
make them even more so.
529
00:28:12,319 --> 00:28:13,955
Just look at Compass Pathways,
530
00:28:14,039 --> 00:28:17,035
a for-profit psychedelic company
backed by Peter Thiel.
531
00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:18,916
It sought, and obtained, patents to
532
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,675
protect its formulations of
psychedelic compounds,
533
00:28:21,759 --> 00:28:24,316
which already seems pretty aggressive
for a drug that, remember,
534
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:27,316
has been around for thousands of years.
535
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:30,275
And Compass' executives seemed
pretty defensive
536
00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:32,059
when they were pressed about this.
537
00:28:32,079 --> 00:28:36,636
Do you really believe that your form of
psilocybin is novel and non-obvious?
538
00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:39,916
{\an8}Well, it doesn't really matter
what we believe.
539
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,955
{\an8}What does matter is what
the U.S. Patent Office believes,
540
00:28:43,039 --> 00:28:46,955
what the U.K. Patent Office believes,
what Germany, what Hong Kong believes.
541
00:28:47,039 --> 00:28:49,995
And all of them believe that actually
it is,
542
00:28:50,079 --> 00:28:51,879
because we have the granted patents.
543
00:28:52,319 --> 00:28:55,469
Okay, but, we shouldn't necessarily
trust the U.S. Patent Office
544
00:28:55,519 --> 00:28:57,356
as an arbiter of good judgment.
545
00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:00,596
This is the same place that issued
patents for an umbrella for your beer,
546
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:04,356
a tricycle with a lawnmower attached to
it, and a stick.
547
00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,316
That's it, just a stick for animals to
play with.
548
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,116
Someone at the patent office saw that
and said,
549
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:12,079
"We've never seen a stick before!
Approved!"
550
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:16,235
So, take what they believe
is important with a big pinch of salt.
551
00:29:16,319 --> 00:29:18,519
And look, it's not just
the drug formulation,
552
00:29:18,519 --> 00:29:21,396
Compass has also tried to patent
other aspects of what's often called
553
00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:23,515
the "set and setting" of treatment,
554
00:29:23,599 --> 00:29:25,995
from the room comprising
soft furniture,
555
00:29:26,079 --> 00:29:28,356
or being decorated using muted colors,
556
00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:30,955
to the subjects lying on a bed
or on a couch,
557
00:29:31,039 --> 00:29:34,636
or a therapist responding to things
a patient is saying.
558
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:38,156
Which is just the entire fucking
concept of therapy.
559
00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:39,995
It'd be like me patenting the concept
of
560
00:29:40,079 --> 00:29:42,596
"wearing a suit while sitting
at a desk."
561
00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:44,435
I'm clearly not the only person
who does this.
562
00:29:44,519 --> 00:29:46,675
Now, if I were to patent the concept of
doing that
563
00:29:46,759 --> 00:29:48,796
while making you wonder why the fuck
your TV is still on
564
00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:53,475
after "The Last of Us" has ended, then
yeah, that would be uniquely my thing.
565
00:29:53,559 --> 00:29:57,156
Now, those "set and setting" patent
applications are still pending,
566
00:29:57,240 --> 00:30:01,040
but the very fact they applied for them
at all is a pretty clear sign of just
567
00:30:01,119 --> 00:30:04,515
how aggressive companies in this space
intend to be going forward.
568
00:30:04,599 --> 00:30:08,195
And it is not like these treatments are
going to be cheap to start with,
569
00:30:08,279 --> 00:30:10,755
experts project a course of psychedelic
therapy
570
00:30:10,839 --> 00:30:14,356
is likely to cost upwards of $15,000.
571
00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:16,715
And given that, as we've discussed
before on this show,
572
00:30:16,799 --> 00:30:20,356
there is currently a massive shortage
of mental-health professionals,
573
00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:23,836
due in part to how fucked-up
our health insurance system is.
574
00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:27,356
You can see how this could quickly
and easily become a big mess,
575
00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:31,235
or only accessible to the wealthiest
Americans.
576
00:30:31,319 --> 00:30:33,035
So, there is a lot to figure out here,
577
00:30:33,119 --> 00:30:35,675
even before you get into questions
like,
578
00:30:35,759 --> 00:30:37,715
"Who will regulate psychedelic
therapy?"
579
00:30:37,799 --> 00:30:40,076
Because the FDA is in charge of drugs,
580
00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:42,596
but it doesn't regulate the practice of
medicine.
581
00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:46,156
Now, state laws could cover it,
state regulatory agencies could,
582
00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:50,195
or professional organizations might,
but someone has to,
583
00:30:50,279 --> 00:30:53,275
because if they don't, people are
likely to get hurt,
584
00:30:53,359 --> 00:30:57,076
which could then send us all the way
back to fearmongering, bans,
585
00:30:57,160 --> 00:30:59,076
and research getting put on ice.
586
00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:01,876
Which is the last thing that we should
want to happen.
587
00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:04,156
Because there is massive potential
here.
588
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:08,035
These treatments have shown that they
can sometimes have lasting effects.
589
00:31:08,119 --> 00:31:11,675
Remember the world's oldest 33-year-old
that you saw earlier,
590
00:31:11,759 --> 00:31:14,636
whose LSD treatment seemed to have
curbed his alcoholism?
591
00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:17,356
CBS caught up with him
a quarter-century later
592
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:21,356
to see how things were going,
and the answer was pretty well.
593
00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:24,836
LSD allowed me to see my own mind.
594
00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:27,955
There was a problem that I had to
resolve, and I faced it,
595
00:31:28,039 --> 00:31:29,156
and it disappeared.
596
00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:31,556
Far as I'm concerned,
I wouldn't take a million dollars
597
00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:35,076
for the peace of mind
that I obtained from this therapy.
598
00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:39,076
It was that good, that refreshing,
that rejuvenating.
599
00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:40,079
And that enduring.
600
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:44,796
Exactly. 30 years later, he was still
feeling benefits from the treatment,
601
00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:45,876
which is striking.
602
00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:49,076
And you would think that we'd have
acted on evidence like that,
603
00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,275
but instead, it seems we've spent
the last half-century
604
00:31:51,359 --> 00:31:55,636
terrifying people with bogus science
and giving meth to monkeys.
605
00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:58,755
But the good news is,
we are finally moving forward.
606
00:31:58,839 --> 00:32:02,556
And hopefully, we will do that with
real caution and real care.
607
00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:05,235
Because if we do, maybe, just maybe,
608
00:32:05,319 --> 00:32:08,916
one day, you will see ads for
psychedelic therapy on TV
609
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,556
with a voiceover warning you that
side effects may include
610
00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:15,359
visits to the hell realm and rainbows
shooting out of your dick.
611
00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:18,079
And now, this.
612
00:32:19,079 --> 00:32:20,316
And Now:
613
00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:26,275
A Retirement Tribute to NBC four
Washington's Beat Poet Pat Collins.
614
00:32:26,359 --> 00:32:31,675
That bittersweet goodbye for our News four
family, after 50 years in journalism,
615
00:32:31,759 --> 00:32:34,319
our friend and colleague, Pat Collins,
is retiring.
616
00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:41,319
{\an8}JP's, a gentlemen's club
in Glover Park.
617
00:32:42,119 --> 00:32:44,316
{\an8}Tonight, no gentlemen.
618
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:46,515
{\an8}Tonight, no ladies.
619
00:32:46,599 --> 00:32:50,160
{\an8}Tonight, just a lot of nothing.
620
00:32:50,799 --> 00:32:52,715
{\an8}This is how it goes.
621
00:32:52,799 --> 00:32:54,839
{\an8} "Are you all right, sir?
622
00:32:55,839 --> 00:32:58,475
{\an8}Do you need some help, sir?
623
00:32:58,559 --> 00:33:04,396
{\an8}Do you need to get something out of
your car before we steal it, sir?"
624
00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:09,195
Look at the list. Look at the list.
Look at the list!
625
00:33:09,279 --> 00:33:13,675
Aisle number nine.
Aisle number nine.
626
00:33:13,759 --> 00:33:19,519
Attention: major shoplifting job on
aisle number nine.
627
00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:22,116
Why is this man running,
628
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:25,799
and why is he running with one shoe on
and one shoe off?
629
00:33:26,559 --> 00:33:30,480
Wait a minute, here's his other shoe!
It's in this bag!
630
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,836
And then, and then,
631
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:39,235
not long after the takeoff of that
United 767 plane,
632
00:33:39,319 --> 00:33:44,515
a passenger leans back in his seat into
the lap of another passenger.
633
00:33:44,599 --> 00:33:48,916
There's a fight, and the pilot decides
to turn the plane around.
634
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:53,079
They scrambled two F-16 fighter jets
from Andrews,
635
00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:57,116
and they flew above the United plane,
636
00:33:57,200 --> 00:34:01,076
escorting it back
as it landed here in Dallas
637
00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:04,559
because you never can be too sure.
638
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:11,356
That's our show,
thanks so much for watching.
639
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:13,719
We'll see you next week, good night!
640
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:16,796
{\an8}No comment from the school
about this case
641
00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:20,360
{\an8}or any disciplinary action
they dish out to a student,
642
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:24,716
{\an8}but when you think about it,
you might see their point.
643
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:29,035
{\an8}It starts with a banana, then all of a
sudden you have an apple, an orange,
644
00:34:29,119 --> 00:34:31,196
{\an8}and-and maybe a grape,
and before you know it,
645
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:34,519
{\an8}you have fruit salad at the schools.
646
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,280
{\an8}We can't have that.
60108
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