Psychedelics

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Jonathan Ott: Psychedelic Chemist, Ethnobotanist, and ‘Renaissance’ Sceptic

Dennis Walker

Aug 8, 2025

“I plan to live until I’m 111,” said the hunchbacked wizard, hair disheveled in the evening breeze as he walked…

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Virtuous Drug Use: How Certain Drug Taking Becomes Acceptable

Caroline Chatwin

Jul 3, 2025

In traditional philosophical and theological debates, sobriety is usually thought of as virtuous, while the non-medical use of drugs is…

Cannabis Drug Policy Psychedelics

New Czech Bill Will Legalise Cannabis Cultivation and Psychedelic Therapy

Niko Vorobyov

Jun 11, 2025

Last week, Czech parliamentarians quietly passed a major overhaul of their drug laws. From January next year, Czechs will be…

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New UK Ketamine Trials Explore Its Mental Health Potentials

Raina Yip

Mar 25, 2025

Since ketamine was first synthesised in 1956, its effects have been extensively studied. Today, it is widely used as a…

Drug Policy Psychedelics

Counting Down: PsychedeliCare Launches Citizen’s Campaign for Psychedelic Therapy

Ryan Hesketh

Mar 21, 2025

12 months, three proposals, one million signatures. That’s the target so that this time next year, the European Commission may…

Other Drugs Psychedelics

“Magic Mushroom” Vapes: A Capitalist Fad of the Psychedelic Renaissance

Dennis Walker

Feb 19, 2025

The ‘shroom boom’ has yielded the global market all manner of ways to consume the enigmatic and ancient ‘magic mushroom’.…

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Russian Soldiers Increasingly Use Drugs on the Frontlines

Stanislav Korovyev

Nov 26, 2024

Since the beginning of the war, the Russian military command has deployed around 700,000 soldiers on Ukrainian territory. The invasion…

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South African Cannabis Reform is Celebrated – But Still Missing Legal Market Access

Daniel Itai

Nov 25, 2024

On the eve of the national elections in May 2024, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law the Cannabis…

Drugs & Gender Psychedelics

We Need More Research into Ketamine Use By Women and Gender-Diverse People

Isabelle Gius

Oct 21, 2024

On 20 June, in honour of World Psychedelics Day, the Women and Harm Reduction International Network (WHRIN) and TalkingDrugs published…

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Australia Legalised MDMA and Psilocybin – Where Are the Patients?

Tori Rudkowsky

Oct 16, 2024

Over a year ago, the Australian Therapeutic Goods Association (TGA) made the surprise decision to legalise MDMA and psilocybin-assisted therapy…

Drugs & Development Psychedelics

From Demons to Medicine: Tracing The Journey of Colombia’s Psychedelic Regulation

Levinson Niño-Leal

Sep 16, 2024

In a nation whose modern history is defined by international interference, drug trafficking forces and a raging drug war, Colombia…

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How The British Telegram Drug Market Works

Jay Crane

Jul 19, 2024

Telegram is host to a plethora of flourishing drug markets that have become a serious contender to darknet markets, offering…