Paul Stamets

So many of these people who have never had any kind of a psychedelic experience have never really confronted their own reality in that way.

How many of them would change their ways?

I would imagine a great deal.

Well, I don't know if that's not going to happen.

It's just not going to happen tomorrow.

You know, I think we're on a path if you look at where we stand with marijuana, for instance.

Like look at Las Vegas is a great example because I remember in the 90s and when we would go to Las Vegas for the UFC in the – I guess actually it was in the 2000s.

It was highly illegal.

And, you know, I'd remember the stories from the 70s where people were locked up for their entire lives for, you know, like an ounce of marijuana in Vegas.

They had zero tolerance for it.

And I always wondered what that was about, whether that was an anti-hippie thing or whether it was in response to the alcohol lobby.

Vegas obviously sells a lot of alcohol and anything that would cut back on their profits.

We talked about this the other day.

The study showed that amongst young people, alcohol consumption is down significantly.

Isn't it down by like 25%?

What's that?

Which, by the way, great thing.

That's a good thing.

But it's not a good thing for profits.

But my point is that how many states now have cannabis as completely legal?