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So Im not a smoker, but Im definitely an ally and I still carry cigarettes and a lighter in my handbag, just in case a smoking mate gets caught short

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A 'temporary rewiring of the brain' Pollan says by experimenting with psychedelic drugs he learned a lot about himself and also about why psychedelics "in carefully calibrated doses" could be a useful tool in treating mental illness