Finally taking a moment to seriously examine drugs on a podcast named Mormons and Drugs, Cody covers the vast pool of research regarding psychedelic substances and their beneficial uses. Of particular note, Cody rants at some length about Fred M. Smith who, as a sitting Prophet or leader of the RLDS church, was also a passionate and avid user of peyote.
References:
Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants, by Christian Ratsch
Magic Mushrooms in Religion and Alchemy, Clark Heinrich
The Higher Powers: Fred M- Smith and the Peyote Ceremonies, by Shelby Barnes
A 1920’s Harvard Psychedelic Circle with a Mormon Connection; Peyote use amongst the Harvard Aesthetics, by Alan Piper
The Higher Powers of Man, by Fre M. Smith
The Varieties of Religious Experience, by William James
Manti Messenger, Joy for the Topers, January 24, 1896. p2.
LSD: My Problem Child, by Albert Hoffman’s
Psychedelic Medicine, by Dr. Richard L. Miller