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Why a British MP was filmed taking mescaline

A history of psychedelic experiments, the battle to legalise contraception in Ireland, a pro-democracy pioneer in 1970s China, and an Iraqi escape story

# Warning: This programme contains descriptions of drug use #
In 1955 Christopher Mayhew MP took the hallucinogenic drug mescaline for a TV experiment. We look back at the history of psychedelic research and speak to Dr Robin Carhart-Harris, head of the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London. Plus, the battle to legalise contraception in Ireland, a pro-democracy activist in China, the chemical and biological weapons programme in apartheid South Africa, and why thousands of Jews secretly fled Iraq in the 1970s.

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53 minutes

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Mon 17 May 2021 23:06GMT

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  • Sat 15 May 2021 13:06GMT
  • Mon 17 May 2021 23:06GMT

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