Marc Lewis is a neuroscientist and a recently retired professor of developmental psychology – he was at the University of Toronto from 1989 to 2010, and at Radboud University in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2016. His latest book is The Biology of Desire (2015). He lives in the Netherlands.
Shaun Shelly is affiliated with the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Pretoria where he is a researcher and lecturer. Shaun started South Africa’s first harm-reduction centre, and currently heads the drug policy and rights programme at a national NGO. He is also on a number of local and international advisory boards. He lives in Cape Town, South Africa.
March 11, 2020
As technology and psychedelics turn to mental health, we’ll likely see a future where we are treated based on our digital biomarkers, and sold mental health services based on the personal data we surrender.
March 16, 2020
A long-fought battle for access to peyote, and a dwindling population in the United States has led Native American Church members and peyote conservationists to request that peyote be left out of decriminalization efforts.
March 25, 2020
“The Corona Virus is a necessary purge of what is no longer in resonance,” Trinity de Guzman wrote in a recent email to his followers.
April 4, 2020
The coronavirus has made it clear that psychedelic medicalization will not revolutionize mental healthcare without systemic socioeconomic change.
April 4, 2020
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Christian Angermayer—the world's largest psychedelic pharmaceutical investor and founder of ATAI Life Sciences—dismisses medical experts in his desperation to reboot the economy.
April 4, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic rages on, Christian Angermayer, the world’s largest psychedelic pharmaceutical investor and founder of ATAI Life Sciences, calls to sacrifice public health for the sake of “the economy.”
April 8, 2020
Almost all clinical psychedelic drug research is being affected in some way or another by COVID-19. But, response measures vary from one organization to the next.
April 15, 2020
'Debbie and Doug Drop Acid in the Desert' director, Scott Brown, talks mind-altering drugs, creating psychedelic visual effects, and dealing with depression.
April 24, 2020
Contributors to the Daily Psychedelic Video platform gather on Zoom to bless the opening of the Psychedelic Video Museum: a collection of ten years’ worth of their shared visions.
April 25, 2020
Jamon A. Rahn, CEO of psychedelic pharmaceutical startup MindMed, offered a glimpse of the future of psychedelic science, including proprietary data and hints of an “LSD neutralizer.”