Originally Posted by loreen

Interesting (negative) review from Amazon:

"Early in the book, DMT: The Spirit Molecule, we are led to believe Rick Strassman, M.D. and his research team is only interested in how DMT works. He is interested in helping people with their psychological problems, and their spiritual needs. Towards the end of the book we learn the truth. On page 332 he states, "If you want to have fun, take them (psychedelics/DMT) alone or with friends and spend the day in a beautiful setting." This is an irresponsible statement made by a psychiatrist, knowing that at least two of his volunteers came dangerously close to circulatory collapse. Even more troubling, in his own words, is the fact that an assistant wanted to know if medical help should be summoned, and his answer was "no." Luckily, that victim came around on his own. On the same page he makes the following statement, "if you want to feel part of humanity, take them at a concert, rave, or other large gathering." Outrageous that this physician can encourage people to take a Schedule 1 drug recreationally, write a book about it, make millions of dollars, and KEEP his license.
One statement by Strassman was not only wrong, but laughable. He states, on page 75, "The birth experience is highly psychedelic for the unanesthetized mother." DMT may be found in small amounts in the blood of mother and baby, but that amount produces exhilaration and happiness for the mother, not a psychedelic experience.
Here is a major error: on page 99 he's talking about Schedule II drugs "like methamphetamine." He goes on to say that methamphetamine is used to treat hyperactive children. Amphetamine or Dextroamphetamine is not methamphetamine. Methamphetamine is made with household cleaners and toxic substances and cooked separately to create the worlds most dangerous and addictive drug. That substance would never get FDA approval to treat children.
Strassman believes DMT may help schizophrenics and people with other psychiatric disorders. Even a layman can see the folly of treating hallucinations with hallucinogenic substances.
Strassman's book is riddled with errors, contradictions and outright lies. After 7 years he resigned from the University of New Mexico, and dropped out of the research study he created. He returned the drugs to an unnamed drug control facility and returned the grant money to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
The title, DMT: The Spirit Molecule is misnamed. Having sex with insects, encountering frightening aliens from other worlds, needing to be restrained by researchers, and suffering circulatory collapse is not a spiritual experience. The title should be, DMT: The Fool's Paradise"