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A review by pleasant_39
This Is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan
funny
informative
reflective
slow-paced
2.0
The information in this book was indeed interesting but that intrigue was completely soured by the disregard shown to native peoples in nearly every regard throughout the book. Further more the author does an enormous disservice to his audience by not addressing the negative effects of these drugs as well as their useful ones. The book is blatantly the product of a middle class white man with no experience or nuance for talking about the ways poverty, culture and medicine intersect in the context of drugs, addiction and self-medication. The man nether knew nor cared to truly listen to experiences different from his own and those of others of similar class and privilege.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cultural appropriation and Drug use