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Use the promo code ‘𝘚𝘌𝘚𝘏’ for a 10% discount on all EZ Test kits 👉 https://eztestkits.com/en-ukI took your questions to world-renowned neuropsychopharmacologist Professor David Nutt. He’s former chief government 𝙙𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙨 adviser (until he was fired for telling the truth about 𝙙𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙨), founder of 𝘿𝙧𝙪𝙜 Science, and best-selling author. Thanks to everyone who submitted a question! I only got an hour with the Professor, I asked as many as I could. Check out 𝘿𝙧𝙪𝙜 Science: https://www.drugscience.org.ukDavid’s books: https://www.drugscience.org.uk/booksThis video is for journalistic and documentary purposes.

For some underground manufacturers, making the perfect 𝙚𝙘𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙮 𝙥𝙞𝙡𝙡 is not just a job. It's a calling. An art form. And a matter of personal pride. In this video, we hear from two Dutch guys who mastered that art. (The quotes are voiced by an actor.)These interviews, conducted by Adam Fierman, feature in a new book called 𝙁𝘼𝘾𝙀𝙎 𝙊𝙁 𝙀𝘾𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙎𝙔, by Adam Fierman and Peter Andrew Lusztyk. It contains 1,200+ images, 26 underworld interviews, and a bunch of stories, memories, and mysteries from three decades of 𝙥𝙞𝙡𝙡 design and production. It’s released on 22 October, you can pre-order it here: https://www.dutchcandy.art/checkout?checkoutId=ca727402-4c16-4582-a14d-da601c06f789NOTE: This content is made by hand. This channel is committed to a 0% 𝐀𝐈 policy. This video is for journalistic, documentary, and educational purposes.

This episode contains three stories: 

ACT I (0:00-12:33): A Teen 𝘿𝙞𝙚𝙙 After Asking ChatGPT for 𝘿𝙧𝙪𝙜 Advice

Sam Nelson was a teenage student when he trusted ChatGPT for advice on how to take 𝙙𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙨. He 𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙙, aged 19, after following the advice the AI chatbot gave him. In this video, which contains scenes that some may find upsetting, I look at how this happened.

ACT II (12:33-23:55): UK 𝘿𝙧𝙪𝙜 Driving Laws Make No Sense At All

When it comes to 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙙, the UK 𝙙𝙧𝙪𝙜 driving laws make no sense at all. With alcohol, the roadside tests indicate if someone is impaired by the booze so driving would be dangerous. But the 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙙 roadside test does not indicate if someone is impaired after using 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙙 (that would be fair enough), it tests if someone has any traces of 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙙 in their system whatsoever. So people who have 𝙨𝙢𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙙 a 𝙟𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩 one or even two weeks ago, are being arrested and convicted of driving whilst impaired. Even though research (Eadie et al, 2021) has concluded that cognitive impairment after 𝙨𝙢𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙙 only lasts for around four hours. This is a huge miscarriage of justice that’s going on right now in the UK.

ACT III (23:55-32:38): Is Live Nation Running a Monopoly on UK Festivals?

The UK monopoly position is 25%. Market dominance position is 40%. According to data from the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF), Live Nation controls 66.4%. 

John Rostron, CEO of the AIF, said: “Based on our analysis, we believe that there is evidence to suggest that Live Nation could be held responsible for engaging in anti-competitive behaviour and we therefore recommend that the Competition and Markets Authority investigate matters. While we encourage and support organisations and individuals putting on the biggest shows, we wish for the market to be fair where all participants (whether major companies or independents) have opportunities at all levels. That’s why we took this action.”

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There’s many ways of describing North Korea: Arguably the most corrupt nation in the world. Or perhaps 'a colossal prison where everyone is sentenced to a life sentence the day they’re born'. But not everyone knows that it’s also a massive state-run 𝙙𝙧𝙪𝙜 trafficking machine. This video lays out the savage story of how the so-called Hermit Kingdom (the most secretive, repressive, and secluded state ever) became a major player in the international 𝙙𝙧𝙪𝙜 trafficking scene. Buckle up, it's a wild ride.

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A huge drug trend is also a somewhat hidden one: steroids. According to some estimates, one million British people are on the gear. I don’t know anything about this, so I spoke to Tom Usher, a journalist who has recently produced a documentary on the topic. I wanted to know why he made the doc, what he learned about how many people take them, why so many people keep it on the down low, and what motivates them to do it in the first place.

For over two years, the London-based photojournalist Yushy embedded himself in London's underground party scene. After gaining trust from crews and rig owners because he respected their culture, he went to 80 unlicensed parties in 2.5 years and documented it in his new book 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 63: 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 & 𝘜𝘯𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 – 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴. (Words by Jak Hutchcraft and published by Velocity Press.)

Last month, the UK’s National Health Service opened their first ever clinic for children who have damaged their kidneys by taking too much 𝓴𝓮𝓽. They say it "has been set up in response to a significant rise in young people presenting with 𝓴𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓮-induced uropathy, also known as ‘𝓴𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓮 bladder’." I spoke to Professor Rachel Isba, who is involved in running the clinic.

Last month, the UK’s National Health Service opened their first ever clinic for children who have damaged their kidneys by taking too much 𝓴𝓮𝓽. They say it "has been set up in response to a significant rise in young people presenting with 𝓴𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓮-induced uropathy, also known as ‘𝓴𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓮 bladder’." I spoke to Professor Rachel Isba, who is involved in running the clinic. My Talk to FRANK video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbaukuCJAjAWatch more from Simon Doherty:What Was in Soap Bar? The UK's Worst Cannabishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il5wIIK7-GcPioneer of Acid Techno: Chris Liberator (PODCAST)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DiH4i2p5gELeeds Festival's Apocalyptic Riotshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7A-ey7eMFUTunes by Le Gang (on YouTube: bit.ly/2Th5V7E)Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simon.doherty Follow on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/_simon_doherty_#SimonDoherty Chapters:0:00 First Ever 𝓚𝓮𝓽 Clinic for Kids0:32 Meeting the Professor Who Runs It 0:49 Why Does This Clinic Exist?1:54 How Much Would You Need to Take?2:32 Are More Young People Getting on It?3:46 Patterns of Use Are Changing4:57 Dissociated6:30 Why Does it Affect the Bladder? 7:52 Is it Reversible? 8:36 Early Signs of Damage9:32 "Peeing the Lining of the Bladder Out"9:50 What Should You Do If You're Worried? 10:46 Pathways for Help11:28 Stigma 11:48 Avoid Water or Heights12:46 Alcohol + K = 🫠13:04 In an Emergency: 'Recovery Position' and Bell 99915:00 Does This Lessen Potential Harms? 15:40 K-Assisted Psychotherapy Isn't The Same As Taking Street K17:30 Advice on Dependence 19:04 Misconceptions19:48 The Overall Picture 20:30 How Many Adults Use It? 21:15 The Government Want to Make it Class-A21:59 How to Be As Safe As Possible

I asked everyone to submit questions for me to ask Professor Adam Winstock. He's a psychiatrist who specialises in addiction, a researcher who has published over 100 studies on the topic of drugs, the founder of the Global Drugs Survey, and founder of harm reduction education programme Staying Safer. You lot submitted about 100 questions, it took hours for Winstock to answer them.

When some people take 𝙈𝘿𝙈𝘼 they get a comedown so severe that it feels like the Devil is tap dancing on their head. But others get the elusive ‘afterglow’, when they feel great for a period after getting on it. What factors influence this?

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Chapters:

0:00 Can You Avoid a Comedown?

1:00 GOAT

2:50 More Does Not Equal Better

4:58 Mixing

5:43 Go Into It Well Rested

6:30 Leave Breaks Between Taking It

7:44 If You’re On a Mad One, Be Easy To Yourself During the Week

9:17 5-HTP After (Never Before) the Sesh

9:49 Watch Interactions

10:40 Healthy Food Before and After

11:05 Prohibition Makes it Dangerous

11:30 Start Low; Go Slow

Irish poitín is one of the strongest alcoholic drinks ever known to man. It has an infamous reputation and not just because of its strength; in 1661, the British Crown changed their licencing laws introducing taxation on alcohol, but the poitín distillers refused to play ball. Instead they opted to move their activities underground, creating an illegal cottage industry. That sparked a cat-and-mouse game, between the DIY brewers and the authorities, that went on in the rolling hills of Ireland for centuries. Poitín was legalised in 1997, some companies have since sprouted up offering legit poitín as a luxury product. Other distillers prefer to continue with their underground, unlicensed, and untaxed operations – ensuring that this blisteringly-strong ancient booze continues to be a symbol of Ireland's heritage, identity, and rebellious spirit, to this very day.NOTE: This video is for educational and journalistic purposes only.

#SimonDohertyChapters:0:00 Poitín0:32 Prohibition 1:20 DIY Distil 2:30 Cat and Mouse Game3:36 “A Suspicious Man”4:07 History 5:30 Poitín Pre-Dates Whisky 6:52 “Run Like the Devil from the Excise Man”7:41 Grease Your Throat 9:20 Poitín as a Tool for Freedom11:03 “Cure All Ills”11:42 1960s Method13:56 Poitín is Now a High-End Luxury Product

I think the British equivalent of Woodstock 99 is Leeds festival, but instead of one event descending into utter carnage, at Leeds fest the weekend has devolved into chaos a number of times over the years. It's seen riots, looting, riot police being dispatched, police helicopters hovering above, infrastructure set alight, gas canisters exploding, and there’s even been a court case over it all. Chapters:0:00 Chaos 0:35 Leeds Festival1:20 Rite of Passage2:00 19992:10 20012:40 20023:15 £250k Damage 4:00 The Battle of Leeds Fest4:30 Camera Phones Were Very New 5:00 Investigation6:10 Court Case 6:40 Kicked Out of Temple Newsam7:06 50 Cent7:44 20058:07 Love Not Riots Campaign 8:40 “💩Girl” (2009) 10:26 2022

This seems to be an all too common occurrence at Ibiza Rocks. So many people have lost their lives there that the British tabloids have now called it "The Death Hotel". RIP to everyone who passed away, my thoughts are with their loved ones. You can check out The Secret DJ's books here: https://thesecretdj.net/product/secret-dj-book-two

Chapters:0:00 Deaths at Ibiza Rocks3:15 History of Ibiza Rocks 4:11 Pikes Side Quest5:38 Why is This Happening? 7:00 Balcony Hopping 8:02 What is Pink Tuci?10:30 Balconing 11:20 A Man Explains How He Fell From a Balcony13:12 “Vast Amounts of Booze”15:51 Content Creation and Partying on the Balcony 17:00 Climbing on Balconies #SimonDoherty #Ibiza

This is the story of one of the largest 𝙥𝙨𝙮𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙘 manufacturing operations the world has ever seen. If you bought 𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙙 anywhere in the world in the late 1970s, there was a 60% chance it came from this one source. If you were in the UK, that went up to 90%. It’s a story of love, betrayal, buried treasure, and the UK’s biggest ever police raid (800 officers from 11 forces arrested 120 people). This is the story of The Microdot Gang, and I'm telling it with the help of author James Wyllie.Read James' book on this (out in paperback in July 2026): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Microdot-Gang-Network-Turned-World/dp/0750996005

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This is the disastrous story of how some of the most vulnerable communities in the UK (the prison population, the homeless community, and children at school) became gripped by 𝙨𝙮𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙞𝙙𝙨––an increasingly potent and unpredictable family of 𝙙𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙨 often referred to collectively as ‘spice’. Scientists, working out of the University of Bath in the UK, recently analysed 2,000 '𝙏𝙃𝘾 𝙫𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙨' that were busted by teachers in 114 schools over the past two years. The results were published by Drug Science last week: 13% of all samples actually contained 𝙨𝙮𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙞𝙙𝙨. In some regions, the number was as high as 27%.NOTE: This video is for journalistic and educational purposes. Music: Purple Planet Music/http://www.purple-planet.com / Music by CreatorMix.com

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In 2006/07, a number of public health warnings were released in the UK about what people were calling "grit 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙙" – 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙨 contaminated with tiny glass beads, sand, or other small particles. What is perhaps even more remarkable than the fact that people were contaminating it in this way, was the bizarre set of circumstances that led to that situation. The years 2001-2009 was an absolutely bonkers period for British policy around the plant. The "grit" problem peaked in 2006/07, but the events that caused it, the ripples in the pond each one giving rise to the next, started around half a decade before. This video is about how that ripple effect played out.

𝘊𝘰𝘬𝘦-related deaths in England and Wales are up by more than ten fold since 2011. 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘥𝘦𝘳 in the UK is now cheaper (everything else has got up in price with inflation, but not that), more people are in treatment for it in recent times, and purity is also up in recent times. So, how did the UK get so 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘯 coke-y? I had a look at various sociological factors driving this...

Is Talk to FRANK (the UK’s Government drug education campaign which has been running for over two decades) a useful resource? Or is it simply an agent of prohibition? I tried to find out. Talk to FRANK is the UK's longest-running government d̶r̶u̶g̶s̶ education campaign. They’ve published some hilarious ads and they run a website and phone helpline that they say "educate and inform" young people about d̶r̶u̶g̶s̶. But they have been criticised for having call handlers that "don’t know what they’re talking about", publishing “propaganda” that’s “not based on real evidence”, trying to reach young people but not having social media channels, and exaggerating the harms and implications of casual d̶r̶u̶g̶ use.

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Chapters

0:00 FRANK-ly Speaking

1:13 A History of Talk to FRANK

2:00 Launch 2003

3:00 Is it Honest?

4:00 Lacking in Harm Reduction Information

6:30 The Hilarious Ads

7:40 "Propaganda"

8:30 Pablo the Mule Dog

9:20 Prank Calls

11:00 Did Talk to FRANK Make a Difference?

12:30 The Fall Off

13:20 I Called Talk to FRANK

20:43 What Did I Learn From Calling?

23:22 Should Talk to FRANK's Funding Be Re-Directed?

24:00 More Funny Ads

The guest on this episode of the podcast is Chris Knowles, better known as acid techno pioneer Chris Liberator. One part of the Liberator trio (alongside Julian and Aaron Liberator), he is credited with being one of the pioneers of acid techno in the early ​’90s; an uncompromising sound defined by the squelchy, screaming resonance generated by the Roland TB-303 synth.

I wanted to know about his anarcho-punk roots, how the acid techno sound came about, how the Liberator trio met, and the crossover between the values of the punk movement and underground electronic music culture.

Published randomly and sporadically, The Simon Doherty Podcast features off-piste chats with electronic music's characters and people who work researching drug culture.

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Max Daly is a veteran crime and drug culture journalist with over 30 years of experience. He’s the co-author of Narcomania: How Britain Got Hooked On Drugs, co-author of Breaking Klad: Russia’s Dead Drop Drug Revolution, and he was the Global Drugs Editor at VICE Media for many years.

In this podcast, we talk about why people in America are taking much less coke, Belgium's narcos, and Russia's dead drop drugs delivery system. And there's a bunch of anecdotes from his journalistic adventures thrown in for good measure.

Check out his book: Narcomania: How Britain Got Hooked On Drugs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Narcomania-How-Britain-Hooked-Drugs/dp/0099538032

Here are the articles we discuss:

Why America is falling out of love with cocaine

Is Belgium a Narco-State?

Breaking Klad: Russia’s Dead Drop Drug Revolution

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The Channel Islands are two British crown dependencies, Guernsey and Jersey, in the English Channel just off the Normandy coast of France. In Jersey, 6% of the working age population have a medical 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙙 prescription – a higher number per capita than anywhere else in the world. I went there to learn more.

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Use my promo code ‘𝘚𝘌𝘚𝘏’ for a 10% discount on all EZ Test kits 👉 https://eztestkits.com/en-ukDr Rayyan Zafar is a neuropsychopharmacologist who researches 𝙥𝙨𝙮𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙨 and medical 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙨. I took your questions to him. This video was filmed at Subrosa Studios: a new music production, content creation, and livestreaming studio in London. More info here 👉 https://www.subrosa-studios.com/Check out Rayyan's research: https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/r.zaf...Follow him here:   / rayyanzaf  Listen while you're out and about, on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60APrcj...Follow on TikTok:   / simon.doherty   Follow on Insta:   / _simon_doherty  #simondoherty MusicAmbient Downtempo | Breaking News by Alex-Productions | • Ambient Downtempo Electronic corporate (No... Music promoted by http://onsound.eu/

Use the promo code ‘𝘚𝘌𝘚𝘏’ for a 10% discount on all EZ Test kits 👉 https://eztestkits.com/en-ukWhen it comes to 𝙙𝙧𝙪𝙜 culture journalism, Mattha Busby is one of the best to ever do it. I picked five of his stories and asked him to tell me more about them.

Follow Mattha:   / matthabusby  https://x.com/matthabusbyhttps://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7vqh...Mattha’s books:https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/pr...https://www.roughtrade.com/product/ma...Here’s all the articles we talk about in this podcast…𝘼 ‘𝘿𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙣,’ 𝙖 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣 𝘼𝙮𝙖𝙝𝙪𝙖𝙨𝙘𝙖 𝙏𝙧𝙞𝙥 𝙂𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙒𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜https://archive.is/6XYX6𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙄𝙨 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝘽𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙖’𝙨 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝘾𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡 𝘽𝙖𝙧 𝙄𝙨 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚https://archive.is/Pcbg8𝙋𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙂𝙚𝙩 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙨 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙤𝙣 ‘𝘿𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙨’https://archive.is/g6Xn5𝙐𝙆 𝘿𝙧𝙪𝙜 𝘼𝙙𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 2016, 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙨https://archive.is/bk0OU𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙆𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙮 https://doubleblindmag.com/inside-the...NOTE:

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In the 1990s, the alcohol industry colluded with corrupt British politicians, crooked scientists, and unscrupulous tabloid journalists, all with one aim: to bring down rave culture.

In 1993, market analysts published a report into the future of the UK hospitality industry and it sent shivers down the spine of Big Booze. Between 1987 and 1992, pub attendance in the UK fell by 11%, with a projected 20% decrease by 1997. People drank less as they were more interested in 𝙥𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙨. Estimates used in the report suggested the percentage of 16-24s taking any 𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙧𝙪𝙜 doubled to nearly 30% between 1989 and 1992. Not only that, they said that one million people a week were attending 𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙡 raves spending £1.8 billion a year there.

Big Booze was losing revenue and the government was losing the tax on that revenue. Both had a vested interest to bring down rave culture. And that’s why they colluded in a conspiracy to take it down. What followed was an unbelievable mix of dodgy politicians taking bribes, paid-off scientists publishing fake findings, and unethical journalists publishing propaganda. The puppeteers pulling the strings controlling all of these people was the alcohol industry.

This is the cautionary tale of Izzy Rose. She was convicted in Japan of arranging for the importation of a package containing 𝙠𝙚𝙩. Having been kept in solitary confinement for five months, she is now telling her story to draw attention to addiction. We learn how this happened, what the Japanese criminal justice system is like, and what Izzy took away from the experience.

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Chapters:

0:00 The Glory Days

2:10 Nicholas Saunders

4:43 A Word from the Sponsor

5:13 Testing

9:15 The Average Strength of Modern-Day Pingers

10:43 I Asked a First Generation Raver

11:47 More Testing

13:52 I Asked an Acid Techno Legend

16:04 Scientific Research

19:34 Final Thoughts

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