Ep 28 - Hina Husain: I Gave my Mom Shrooms so she would Open up About my Father's Death

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Join me, as I talk to Pakistani-Canadian Hina Husain (@HinaTweetsNow) about her experience giving her mom psychedelics to cope with emotional baggage. As Muslim kids, many of us **joke** about 'spiking the Ramadan punch', or serving magic brownies, just to break up the monotony of growing up in a religiously orthodox culture. Hina...actually went and did it! *gasp* Here's a link to her Vice article: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/i-gave-my-mom-shrooms-so-she-would-open-up-about-my-fathers-death Here's a recent CBC show on the effects mushrooms can have on depression (when taken in a medically supervised setting) http://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/psychedelic-drugs-and-depression-runaway-stars-bird-flu-battle-and-more-1.4036396/can-psychedelic-drugs-work-magic-on-depression-1.4036497 Please note: This conversation is not an endorsement of hallucinogenic drugs. Do not try this at home with your parents! The author is just sharing her personal experience, as she wrote about it in a Vice Magazine article. She received full consent from her mother before publishing the piece. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting here: https://www.patreon.com/nicemangos With your help I can do so much more.