Neşe Devenot is the Medicine, Society and Culture Postdoctoral Scholar in Bioethics at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Previously, she was a founder of the Psychedemia interdisciplinary psychedelics conference, a Research Fellow at the New York Public Library’s Timothy Leary Papers, and a Research Fellow with the New York University Psilocybin Cancer Anxiety Study. She was awarded Best Humanities Publication in Psychedelic Studies from Breaking Convention and received a Women of the Psychedelic Renaissance grant from Cosmic Sister. Her research explores the function of metaphor and other creative uses of language in descriptions of psychedelic experiences, as well as abuses of power and hegemonic social forces within the psychedelic community.
November 2, 2017
What is it about psychedelics that has the power to change lives for the better? The answer might lie in the unique ways that psychedelics interact with the brain.
November 7, 2017
Nick Powers stands alone on stage as the only black speaker and the last voice to close out a conference on psychedelics.
November 9, 2017
On Friday, November 3, 2017, Maine Governor Paul LePage (R) vetoed legislation to regulate cannabis sales in the state.
November 14, 2017
For anyone who remembers the Reagan Administration's awesome response to the '80s crack epidemic, the Trump plan may prompt discouraging deja vu.
November 15, 2017
Medellín attracts the attention of tourists seeking a new kind of experience: doing cocaine in the city of Pablo Escobar.
November 20, 2017
A group in Oregon is drafting a ballot initiative for 2020 that would allow individuals to take psilocybin in supervised settings.
November 22, 2017
Are these states really similar? Many meditators have answered quite clearly, yes.
November 27, 2017
My decision to attend law school was unconventional, at best.
December 4, 2017
The Ibogaine Conversation Part 1 | This series explores the unique challenges ibogaine presents in how we approach plant medicine, harm reduction, and treatment for addiction, through the lens of ibogaine researchers, providers, patients, and advocates from around the world.
December 4, 2017
The Ibogaine Conversation Part 2 | Our first stop is in Gabon, Africa, where consumption of the iboga root bark is intimately tied to the ancient spiritual discipline known as Bwiti.