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cor-por-ra-del-ic (adj): manifesting corporate structures, ethos, or logic within the context of the psychedelic landscape.
cor-por-ra-de-lia (n.): the world of people, phenomena, or items associated with corporadelic entities.
The term “corporadelic” was initially coined independently and simultaneously by Dr. Katherine MacLean (a former lead researcher and session guide for psilocybin research at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine) and Brett Greene (co-founder emeritus of Psymposia and founder of psychedelic pharmaceutical company, Adelia Therapeutics) in 2019. Dr. MacLean defined the term as, “manifesting corporations to commodify psychedelic experiences.”
“Making psychedelics boring again”— Unless you’re a privileged psychedelic executive, of course
The new leaders of the psychedelic medicalization industry seem to see themselves as above their own self-proposed rules.
Psychedelic Trade Secrets and Get-Rich-Quick Schemes —a Benefit to Investors, a Harm to Progress
“Play the field right and there’s money to be made even off some of the shit companies purely based on the wave.”
Never Forget: Before There Was A Mush Rush, There Was A Plea For Decency
Many predicted an ethical storm brewing in the lead-up to the explosion of for-profit interest in psychedelic pharmaceuticals. But, were their efforts to mitigate the damage enough to make a difference?
Eleusis Benefit Corp: Taking the “Psychedelic” Out of Psychedelics
Shlomi Raz, CEO of Eleusis Benefit Corporation, made false claims about psychedelics. We asked multiple ethnobotanists, a medical anthropologist, and a chemist if they could help us set the record straight.
Could wearable microdosing technology be a thing one day?
Could a liquid-delivery system meant to help maintain a personalized “scent bubble” quietly usher in the creation of wearable psychedelic microdosing technology? A U.S. patent for this system is just one among an increasing list of psychedelic-inspired intellectual properties.
BBC Duped into Promoting Marketing Scheme for Microdosing Psychedelics
A recent BBC story entitled “The ‘psychedelics coach’ with drug-fuelled career advice,” offers an opportunity to examine what happens when sloppy journalism and self-promotional psychedelic marketers collide.
What the heck happened to Reality Sandwich?
Reality Sandwich was sold to a group called Delic Corp. Now there's a lawsuit.
An open letter to the newly founded Center for Psychedelic Research at Johns Hopkins
With the recent creation of the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, we must remember that, while industrialized medicine has never attempted to serve all people, institutional histories vary from one organization to the next.
Third Wave staff quits, writes open letter, over work environment created by founder Paul Austin
Eight staff have quit The Third Wave and issued an open statement.
This is what psychedelic mainstreaming looks like…in Arizona
As psychedelic medicalization and the potential profits of a “virgin market” loom large, new organizations are increasingly looking to gain legitimacy within the field. Mainstreaming means the doors of this field are being thrown wide open.
It’s time to debunk prohibitionist narratives and calls for monopolies within psychedelic science
As venture-capital-backed, for-profit companies barrel into psychedelic therapy, the potential for the widespread privatization of psychedelic knowledge and profits looms large. Some researchers are so enthusiastic about medicalization by “any means necessary” that they’re resorting to prohibitionist historical narratives and calling for monopolies to push the agenda forward.
Corporadelic
A six-part series on the intersection of psychedelics and capitalism, and the early investors making it happen.
Corporadelic
A six-part series on the intersection of psychedelics and capitalism, and the early investors making it happen.
cor-por-ra-del-ic (adj): manifesting corporate structures, ethos, or logic within the context of the psychedelic landscape.
cor-por-ra-de-lia (n.): the world of people, phenomena, or items associated with corporadelic entities.
The term “corporadelic” was initially coined independently and simultaneously by Dr. Katherine MacLean (a former lead researcher and session guide for psilocybin research at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine) and Brett Greene (co-founder emeritus of Psymposia and founder of psychedelic pharmaceutical company, Adelia Therapeutics) in 2019. Dr. MacLean defined the term as, “manifesting corporations to commodify psychedelic experiences.”
“Making psychedelics boring again”— Unless you’re a privileged psychedelic executive, of course
The new leaders of the psychedelic medicalization industry seem to see themselves as above their own self-proposed rules.
Psychedelic Trade Secrets and Get-Rich-Quick Schemes —a Benefit to Investors, a Harm to Progress
“Play the field right and there’s money to be made even off some of the shit companies purely based on the wave.”
Never Forget: Before There Was A Mush Rush, There Was A Plea For Decency
Many predicted an ethical storm brewing in the lead-up to the explosion of for-profit interest in psychedelic pharmaceuticals. But, were their efforts to mitigate the damage enough to make a difference?
Eleusis Benefit Corp: Taking the “Psychedelic” Out of Psychedelics
Shlomi Raz, CEO of Eleusis Benefit Corporation, made false claims about psychedelics. We asked multiple ethnobotanists, a medical anthropologist, and a chemist if they could help us set the record straight.
Could wearable microdosing technology be a thing one day?
Could a liquid-delivery system meant to help maintain a personalized “scent bubble” quietly usher in the creation of wearable psychedelic microdosing technology? A U.S. patent for this system is just one among an increasing list of psychedelic-inspired intellectual properties.
BBC Duped into Promoting Marketing Scheme for Microdosing Psychedelics
A recent BBC story entitled “The ‘psychedelics coach’ with drug-fuelled career advice,” offers an opportunity to examine what happens when sloppy journalism and self-promotional psychedelic marketers collide.
What the heck happened to Reality Sandwich?
Reality Sandwich was sold to a group called Delic Corp. Now there's a lawsuit.
An open letter to the newly founded Center for Psychedelic Research at Johns Hopkins
With the recent creation of the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, we must remember that, while industrialized medicine has never attempted to serve all people, institutional histories vary from one organization to the next.
Third Wave staff quits, writes open letter, over work environment created by founder Paul Austin
Eight staff have quit The Third Wave and issued an open statement.
This is what psychedelic mainstreaming looks like…in Arizona
As psychedelic medicalization and the potential profits of a “virgin market” loom large, new organizations are increasingly looking to gain legitimacy within the field. Mainstreaming means the doors of this field are being thrown wide open.
It’s time to debunk prohibitionist narratives and calls for monopolies within psychedelic science
As venture-capital-backed, for-profit companies barrel into psychedelic therapy, the potential for the widespread privatization of psychedelic knowledge and profits looms large. Some researchers are so enthusiastic about medicalization by “any means necessary” that they’re resorting to prohibitionist historical narratives and calling for monopolies to push the agenda forward.