Gabor Mate Answers Questions About Ayahuasca
Three videos, from Q & As after TJ's solo show Medicine.
The Brain Science of Getting High
How cocaine, crystal meth, nicotine and caffeine affect dopamine activity.
JK Rowling on Addiction
The Harry Potter scribe's new novel looks at social responsibility, specifically about addiction.
Totem Figures Interview with Dr. Gabor Mate
Gabor Mate is a doctor and best-selling author. His totems are Gautama Buddha, Yeshua (aka Jesus), Karl Marx, Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud. Beethoven's in there too.
Are You Controlled by Your Inner Pigdog? - the Neurobiology of Choice
What exactly is going on in our heads when we give in to a craving?
The Brain Science of Ayahuasca Experiences
A recent documentary followed Dr. Gabor Mate's explorations of ayahuasca as a therapeutic tool, and featured research on the neurochemistry involved.
Sacred Sundays: The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram
The Enneagram charts nine personality types in the human race, but it also has profound spiritual ramifications, as Sandra Maitri explores in her book on the subject.
The Fate of North America's Only Safe Injection Site
A battle wages over the legality of Insite, North America's only safe, supervised injection site, located in Vancouver's Downtown East Side. Friday, Sept 30th, the BC Supreme Court will deliver its verdict.
Gabor Mate and the Ayahuasca Project
Dr. Gabor Mate leads shamanic healing retreats twice a year, in which participants ingest the Peruvian plant medicine ayahuasca.
Dr Gabor Mate on Global Panel’s Call to End "Failed" U.S.-Led Drug War
Dr. Gabor Mate, interviewed on Democracy Now, discusses the Global Commission on Drug Policy's recent conclusion that the US led War on Drugs has been a failure, and will continue to fail.