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Laura Poitras,Glenn Greenwald, Edward Snowden, and now Peter Sunde all in one thread. Wow.

Hello MAPS. Omid from the Omega Point YouTube channel here.

It seems like that these days well made informative videos go viral easily and can play a huge role in spreading a message. We know that the majority of people still aren't informed about Psychedelics (and drugs in general) and their beliefs are based on what they have heard on TV or from school or their parents.

My question is, does MAPS have any plans to produce a high quality video(s) with solid and well articulated arguments and facts? We saw the success of the video that we made with Jason Silva for his Shots Of Awe channel. It got to the front page of /r/videos on reddit. Yet that was more of an artwork and mostly got the attention of the people who already knew about Psychedelics and their benefits.

My dream is to see a viral video that can grab the attention of the people who are not informed, and inform them with evidence and reason. Perhaps with the increasing number of people who realize how terrible War on Drugs is, we can put an end to it.

"But surely was worth the money."

In addition to this, when you are reading stories of anecdotal evidence for negative effects of LSD (or any other Psychedelics) always take into account how they used the drug. You will almost always see that the drug had been abused by the user - with no attention to set and settings.

MAPS, as far as I know, encourages people to understand that set-and-settings is the most important factor in the Psychedelic Experience.

How much the Psychedelic experience has influenced your work?

And is there anyway that musicians like myself can send you our music to listen to and have a chance to be considered as a candidate to perhaps perform with you live?

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