Norman Ohler is a New York Times bestselling author, novelist and screenwriter, best known for his non-fiction book “Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich“, which has been published in over 30 languages, and has been praised by the media worldwide.
He recently appeared with his new non-fiction book “Tripped – Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age“ on Joe Rogan’s Podcast which received over 1 Million views in its first ten days.
“Blitzed – Drugs in the Third Reich” is an explosive true story which uncovers an untold aspect of what fuelled the Nazi war machine during World War II.
“Tripped – Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age” is also based on extensive archival research on both sides of the Atlantic: a wild, unconventional postwar history with a personal angle, telling how microdoses of psychedelics are helping Norman’s mother who suffers from Alzheimer’s.
Revealing the close relationship and hidden connections between the Nazis, and the early days of drug prohibition in America, the author shares how this secret history held back therapeutic research for decades and became the foundation of America’s unsuccessful War on Drugs.