Why Carl Sagan Liked Smoking Marijuana

Here’s a short answer: serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship

Sunny Labh

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We have known Carl Sagan as a luminary in the domains of cosmology, astronomy, and science communication in general. What many people do not know is that he was also fond of smoking marijuana. The major question here is: What exactly did he see or feel in smoking weed that other scientists we know (or at least I know) didn’t? Did Carl Sagan really just admit to getting high and finding it enlightening? Oh yes, he did, and how! Let’s dig into the…

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Sunny Labh

Science writer and communicator majoring in Quantum Mechanics. Curator of @PhysInHistory on twitter. Twitter: @thePiggsBoson