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What you’re eating is probably mind-altering

What exactly is a psychoactive substance? Caffeine, alcohol and nicotine are exempt from the provisions of the new psychoactive substances legislation, which is just as well given that they are all psychoactive. Many other everyday foods contain mind-bending and mind-altering ingredients. Nick Higham went along to a psychoactive supper organised by the University of Warwick to find out more.

First broadcast on The World Tonight, 19 May 2016.

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