The Best Episodes of How to Change Your Mind Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.9/10(281 votes)

   #1 - Chapter 1: LSD

   S1:E17/12/2022

   From its 1943 origins to today's microdosing trend, LSD has been expanding minds and changing lives with the help of counterculture gurus — and the CIA.

   Director:Lucy Walker

   Writer:Unknown

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   8.2/10(233 votes)

   #2 - Chapter 2: Psilocybin

   S1:E27/12/2022

   Magic mushrooms, long considered sacred by the Indigenous Mazatec in Mexico, become the subject of scientific studies measuring their intense effects.

   Directors:Lucy Walker, Alison Ellwood

   Writer:Unknown

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   Directors:Lucy Walker, Alison Ellwood

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   7.7/10(191 votes)

   #3 - Chapter 3: MDMA

   S1:E37/12/2022

   Championed by both therapists and ravers, ecstasy stands out as the first psychedelic likely to become legalized, thanks to passionate advocates.

   Directors:Lucy Walker, Alison Ellwood

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.0/10(170 votes)

   #4 - Chapter 4: Mescaline

   S1:E47/12/2022

   Mescaline, the psychoactive molecule in San Pedro and peyote cacti, a sacred medicine that Native Americans have had to fight for the right to use.

   Directors:Lucy Walker, Alison Ellwood

   Writer:Unknown

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