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Dr. Andrew Weil
Dr. Andrew Weil (born 1942) is a world-famous United States physician. He is one of the leading proponents of integrative medicine. He founded Weil Lifestyles LLC.
He received both his undergraduate degree in biology (with a focus on botany) and his medical degree from Harvard University. Weil's first book was The Natural Mind, published in 1971. It was concerned with psychotropic drugs, and it posited a human drive toward altered states of consciousness. In it, he writes about the advantages of "stoned thinking" in understanding health and diagnosing illnesses. The book also discusses other means of altering one's consciousness, such as daily meditation techniques. He is currently employed as a professor of internal medicine at the University of Arizona in Tucson, where he is the director and founder of the Program in Integrative Medicine. Weil's general view is that patients do best utilizing both mainstream and alternative medicine. In general, he believes that mainstream medicine is well-suited to crisis intervention, and alternative medicine is best utilized for prevention and health maintenance. Nutrition, exercise, and stress reduction are emphasized in almost all of Weil's health works. Drug Usage & Ideals Weil is open about his past and present use of illegal substances, claiming, "I think I've tried about every drug in [his book] From Chocolate to Morphine." He is equally open with his views on ending the War On Drugs, citing the benefits of many banned plants. In fact, the opening paragraph of From Chocolate to Morphine reads: "Drugs are here to stay. History teaches that it is vain to hope that drugs will ever disappear and that any effort to eliminate them from society is doomed to failure." Dr. Weil claims that humans have an innate need to alter their consciousness, and that there is no such thing as good or bad drugs, merely that some individuals have good or bad relationships with certain substances. Despite this, Weil's personal history with the Drug Culture is not very well-known. He studied under Dr. Timothy Leary at Harvard, and studied marijuana with Dr. Lester Grinspoon in the late 1960s. Works He is the author of such best-selling books such as Natural Mind, From Chocolate to Morphine, The Marriage of the Sun and Moon, Health and Healing, Spontaneous Healing, 8 Weeks to Optimum Health, Eating Well for Optimum Health, and The Healthy Kitchen. Dr. Weil's latest work, Healthy Aging, was published in October of 2005. 
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