[hn_asker]

The decriminalization wave helped me find minds like Paul Stamets, Hamilton Morris, and Will Hall. Then I started asking more questions and found writers like Johan Harri, Michael Pollan, and Robert Whitaker. Following Whitaker's work after reading his Anatomy of an Epidemic, I also suggest watching the "Medicating Normal" movie.

[oezi]

"Drugs without the hot air" [1] by David Nutt was a great intro to science/harm-based drug policies.

[1] https://www.uit.co.uk/drugs-without-the-hot-air

[graaben]

This has been almost my exact same discovery path but I'm a few paces behind you. I would also highly recommend Carl Hart's "Drug Use for Grownups".