Cocaine in 1859; heroin in 1888 – and a ban introduced in 1929. Now, however, times are changing – and more compassionate policies are taking root.
Legendary chemist, psychedelic adventurer and author passed away June 2nd.
Manufacturers aim to reap maximum profit in the minimal time before it is banned, so poorly developed NPS are thrown on the market in vast quantities with little regard to their effects. Meanwhile, prohibition simply forces a black market.
Releasing patients' medical data to police, even when 'pseudonymised', would have massive implications for public health.
There's a growing 'psychedelic community' working for acknowledgement of the potential positive effects of certain hallucinogens and a policy change to reflect them. While they have increasingly solid research to back up their arguments, it continues to be a tough sell. In this extract from his re
In a society where the general public are misinformed and thus, according to Ipsos Mori 'wrong about almost everything' the question is: who is guiding these opinions, and why do policies continue to be directed by hysteria and bigotry?
Taking lessons from how psychedelics work on individuals we can build a more cohesive society. Changing drug policy needs to go hand in hand with changing attitudes.
Without warning, Google's YouTube deleted hundreds of videos with information and discussion on drug use.
Watching the enthrenched Newsnight argument between Matthew Perry and Peter Hitchens, I found myself agreeing with some of what Hitchens had to say. Not on the ‘war on drugs’ - but that there is no real medical evidence for this thing we call addiction.
How Russell Brand's political activism fuses spiritual consciousness with a resurgent psychedelic counterculture.
The 'war on drugs' is more than a war on the people that use some drugs, it is a war on perception, consciousness and human potential. [2,560 word essay]
It's become far too easy for pharmaceutical companies to market drugs that simply don't do what their supposed to. As alcohol is such a familiar substance this article hypothesises it as a new pharmaceutical drug going through trials and being sold to doctors for patient medication.
