The Plus Three podcast is Psymposia co-founder Brian Normand, Medicine, Society and Culture Editor, Nese Devenot, Politics and Ecology Editor, Brian Pace, and Managing Editor, David Nickles. Plus Three goes deep into the world of drugs, from local decriminalization and emerging psychedelic corporations to leftist politics and mass incarceration. Each week the team and guests attempt to make sense of the complex connections between drugs, science, capitalism, policy, and culture.
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