April 23, 2025

Ketamine Realms and Realities: Illegal Drug or Therapeutic Treatment?

In this fascinating journey, Hamilton Morris sits down with Timothy Wyllie, an artist, writer, and architect known for his role in creating the controversial Process Church, a religion that challenged traditional beliefs. Wyllie’s lifelong quest to understand his own mind provides unique insights into the complexities of human consciousness. Morris then travels to India, where he explores the production of ketamine, a powerful drug used in both medicine and recreation. He speaks with doctors, therapists, and experts to learn more about the role of ketamine in our society, its medical uses, and how it’s changing the way we think about the mind. Through this exploration, Morris sheds light on ketamine’s impact and its potential to shape our understanding of consciousness, offering a fresh perspective on this powerful substance.
April 23, 2025

Beating Alcohol Addiction Through Evidence-Based Treatment

This documentary follows Mike Pond, a therapist managing his alcohol addiction. He was only ever offered one treatment after losing his practice, his house, his family, and becoming homeless: Alcoholics Anonymous. This abstinence-based treatment approach did not work for him, so he started looking for other ways to heal himself and others. Mike is an advocate for “compassionate, evidence-based treatments” and feels that “harm reduction, or any positive change, offers clients the best chance of beating addictions.”
April 20, 2025

Smashed: Breaking the Cycle of Alcohol Use Disorder

“Dr. Jeff Harries, the founder of the Canadian Alcohol Use Disorder Society, has been working to ensure that AUD be understand and treated as a medical condition.” He strongly believes that “people suffering from this disease should not be shamed or marginalized. His 20 years of experience in prescribing effective medications and spreading awareness of a more effective, compassionate approach has helped thousands of people to recover and heal.” Unfortunately, his work was derailed when he was diagnosed with ALS in 2018. He passed in 2021.