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Peaking: Psychedelics and the Pursuit of Happiness

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Peaking: Psychedelics and the Pursuit of Happiness is a one-of-a-kind documentary that explores all the major psychedelics, not just by explaining how they work medicinally, but by showing it. The film takes viewers inside dosing rooms for extremely rare looks at the remarkable power, emotion, and speed of psychedelic healing in action: from pro athletes repairing brain damage from concussions, to combat veterans finding relief from suicidal despair, to a woman breaking free from opioid addiction, to survivors of the Nova Music Festival massacre who say being on psychedelics during the attack shielded them from developing mental trauma. Peaking also traces the turbulent history of how psychedelics were criminalized in the 1960s and how, ever since, they've been moving from the underground to the mainstream in a rise that might soon lead to their legalization in the United States and beyond.

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Jordan Kronick

Director

Jordan Kronick

Screenwriter

Jordan Kronick

Producer

Hannah Vicente-Kliot

Producer

Erich Tengelsen

Executive Producer

Tracy Miedema Tengelsen

Executive Producer
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Synopsis Peaking: Psychedelics and the Pursuit of Happiness is a one-of-a-kind documentary that explores all the major psychedelics, not just by explaining how they work medicinally, but by showing it. The film takes viewers inside dosing rooms for extremely rare looks at the remarkable power, emotion, and speed of psychedelic healing in action: from pro athletes repairing brain damage from concussions, to combat veterans finding relief from suicidal despair, to a woman breaking free from opioid addiction, to survivors of the Nova Music Festival massacre who say being on psychedelics during the attack shielded them from developing mental trauma. Peaking also traces the turbulent history of how psychedelics were criminalized in the 1960s and how, ever since, they've been moving from the underground to the mainstream in a rise that might soon lead to their legalization in the United States and beyond.
Director
Jordan Kronick
Producer
Jordan Kronick, Hannah Vicente-Kliot
Screenwriter
Jordan Kronick
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 35m
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