psychedelics
Meet the Only Doctor in the World Legally Allowed to Use LSD to Treat Patients
Last year, Swiss psychiatrist Peter Gasser received permission from his government to use acid in his practice, which he says can help people deal with anxiety and fear of death, among other things.
How What You Believe Affects What You're Like When You're High
For decades, connoisseurs of psychedelics have said that "set and setting"—your state of mind and your environment—influence how you experience drugs. And they're right.
Check Out This Guy's Sexy Psychedelic GIFs
A couple of months ago, Jean Francois Painchaud was just another Canadian animator – working for the PBS kids show Wild Kratts by day, making sexually explicit GIFs by night.
Britain's Premier 'Magic Mushroom Explorer' Told Us How Shrooms Could Change the World
I met Simon Powell in his south London flat to talk about the ideas in his new book, Magic Mushroom Explorer: Psilocybin and the Awakening Earth.
The Easiest Way to Live Life Fully Is to Follow Your Weird
I spoke to author and scholar Erik Davis about counter-culture, "haunted technology" and how important it is to "confront the void".
I Dug Up Peyote in the Mexican Desert
When my friend Luis mentioned he'd heard of a remote place in Mexico where people go to dig up the psychedelic cactus and trip in the desert, it seemed like a no-brainer.
I Went to the Launch of the UK's Psychedelic Society
Last night, 500 people gathered in central London to hear the benefits of tripping balls.
The Psychedelic 'Drugs Wizard' Who Ran Brighton's Biggest LSD Lab
I spoke to Casey Hardison, who spent nine years in jail for concocting hallucinogenics.
Why Is Salvia So Uniquely Terrifying?
Salvia is not exactly fun to use. But the Mazatec people of Mexico make it central to their religious ceremonies.
Dennis and Terence McKenna: Parts of an Intellectual Dyad
In 1970, Terence McKenna and his brother, Dennis, traveled to the Colombian Amazon in search of a DMT-containing plant but instead, they took psilocybin mushrooms.
Getting High on HIV Medication
Hamilton Morris travels to South Africa to interview efavirenz abusers and study how the life-saving medicine became part of a dangerous cocktail.