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.
August 17, 2016
I was a couple strong beers in when I reached over for my friend’s vaporizer and took several drags. It was pretty psychedelic.
August 19, 2016
I had the very strange joy of driving a Hillary Clinton rally with a van full of cannabis activists.
August 22, 2016
“Ya I love it, good taste. Fresh!” I had no idea what I’m doing.
August 29, 2016
We would have only one chance to intercept Hillary Clinton in the parking lot.
August 30, 2016
What if honest drug education, harm reduction, long term integration, and acknowledging risks, took the place of propaganda?
September 1, 2016
Activists have started creating new spaces for healing, acceptance, heightened consciousness, and fun—a completely legitimate reason to do anything, especially get high.
September 1, 2016
Timothy Tyler, was serving a double-life sentence without the possibility of parole for selling LSD.
September 6, 2016
“Ralph, have you ever done LSD?” Of course, my dad’s speaking to a policeman, and it’s the 70’s, and my dad hadn’t done LSD.
September 9, 2016
“Let It Happen” by Tame Impala came on as if there was a switch inside my brain where the drug started working.
September 15, 2016
We passed out the tabs of acid, we toasted, and we dropped. And then suddenly, up we went. I stood up, gingerly putting my weight on my right leg. And...nothing. No pain. No tenderness. I was invincible.