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.
September 20, 2016
Through social media, student exchange, and American pop culture, perceptions of marijuana & psychedelics are slowly changing in Hong Kong.
September 22, 2016
Legalization should mean everyone has the right to grow, not just some people or corporations with money looking to profit.
September 28, 2016
Canada has amended its policies on heroin to allow doctors to prescribe the drug to patients suffering severe addiction.
September 30, 2016
As states continue to legalize or decriminalize marijuana for both medical and recreational use, more and more students face confusing regulations.
October 17, 2016
"Too many people just see ayahuasca as a sales product and that’s a problem, where it becomes commodified."
October 21, 2016
"On Tuesday, you will be the only person in the U.S. who will be taking psilocybin legally.”
October 25, 2016
Johns Hopkins and Yale Schools of Medicine reviewed dozens of studies and recent trials on psychedelic compounds.
October 27, 2016
Five states have full legalization initiatives on the ballot. Four will be voting on medical cannabis. Here is a rundown of what each initiative aims to do.
November 9, 2016
A quick look at what happened with cannabis voting in all 9 states.
November 10, 2016
We talked with Michael Verdon, the artist behind the burning temple at Catharsis on the Mall