Andrew Lees: Mentored by a Madman: The William Burroughs Experiment

https://www.nottinghilleditions.com/event/andrew-lees-on-mentored-by-a-madmanthe-william-burroughs-experiment/ In this extraordinary memoir, neuroscientist Andrew Lees explains how William Burroughs, author of Naked Lunch and troubled drug addict, …

The Guardian: William Burroughs’s drugs cure inspires Alzheimer’s researcher

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/oct/26/william-burroughs-drugs-cure-inspires-alzheimers-researcher Author’s search in South America for the shamans’ plant hallucinogenic yagé and use of apomorphine to control his addiction …