[wael] without facebook, twitter, google, youtube, appe ned. how big an impact has social networking had on our lives, it s huge. we have of the dogs on it. without facebook, twitter, google, u2, this revolution could never have happened. you guys end up spending 45 minutes or an hour instead of just going to sleep? yeah. managing my brand placements, it s a full-time job. your news fr om? before i get out of bed every morning, i m always on twitter. fake news can have real-world consequences. the pandemic wasn t real and we re here to take the country back. [music] the web is incredibly exciting because it is the fulfillment of a lot of our dreams that the computer would ultimately not be primarily a device for computation, but metamorphosize into a device for communication. [stephen] the promise of the internet from the 90s and the 2000s is that we were all going to share a big, digital community. you know, be part of the global network. and with the rise of
story. i m anderson cooper. you ve probably heard of magic mushrooms. mushrooms which contain psilocybin, a natural substance that can cause hallucinations when ingested. magic mushrooms became popular in the united states in the 1960s. but in the last decade there s been an increasing amount of research into psilocybin to see if it could help treat depression, anxiety and substance abuse. magic mushrooms are still illegal on the federal level but a few states have decriminalized them and this year oregon became the first state to legalize the use of psilocybin in licensed therapy centers. there s still a lot we don t know about psilocybin s effect on the brain long term. and many are asking if it s too soon to offer these treatments. over the next hour cnn s david culver takes us into this fascinating new world and takes us on a mind-altering journey of his own. embarking on a psychedelic trip thank you. requires a willingness to be vulnerable, to hold nothing b
i don t think i ve ever felt this industrious and clear minded in my lifetime. that s correct. absolutely correct. it s almost like every part of your brain, all of a sudden, to started working together in a different way, a different fashion. that s the mind-set. it s as if i never, ever drank before. it s not even there, the thought. that is remarkable to me. absolutely a gift life- changing. absolute life changer. we recently check back in with jason, who tells us he still hasn t had a drink since he attended the retreat in jamaica two months ago. he credits the mushrooms for helping him heal. thank you for watching. i will see you next sunday. [woman] it s huge. we have kids on it, moms on it. we have grandmas on it. people have their dogs on it.