Underground: Taboo Secrets – Forbidden Desires - Substances – The Secret Lives of Modern Drug Use

Every morning, a San Francisco software engineer weighs exactly 0.1 grams of dried psilocybin mushroom and swallows it with her coffee. Her coworkers never know. Across Silicon Valley and corporate America, thousands secretly microdose psychedelics for productivity and creativity, hiding the practice from employers and families despite believing it enhances their performance. This episode traces microdosing's history from Dr. James Fadiman's research to widespread tech industry adoption, examining why functional, successful people use substances recreationally or experimentally while maintaining absolute secrecy. From anonymous user accounts describing motivations to medical perspectives on risks, from comparison with other underground self-experimentation like nootropics and extreme fasting to examination of why stigma and workplace drug policies force widespread practices underground, the episode reveals how millions integrate drug use into normal lives they'll never discuss openly.
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