The Natural Mind, by Andrew Weil, is a book about humans and their interaction with an altered state of consciousness. To find a way to help the drug problem, the problem with humans and psychoactive drugs, Weil explores the positive aspects of drugs. His stand is not that drugs are good but that when a person alters their consciousness it is not all bad. Three of his concepts in this book really stuck to me. …showed first 75 words of 1251 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1251 total…people use illegal drugs. Man has a natural drive to reach an altered state of consciousness, when a person is using drugs it does not mean they are a drug abuser. But, rather a normal human being. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** 1. Anderson, Gary. When Chemicals come to School. Wisconsin: Milwalkee, 1988. 2. Hyde, Margaret. Alcohol Uses and Abuses. New Jersey: Hillside, 1988. 3. McFarland, Rhoda. Coping With Substance Abuse. New York: New York, 1990. 4. Weil, Andrew. The Natural Mind. New York: NewYork, 1972.