BY: LISA CUMMING The first documented use of Marijuana was in 2727 BC when Chinese Emperor Shen Nung blazed up. Marijuana, or the dried bits from the hemp plant, has permeated popular culture since then. People have smoked it, eaten…
The Church of Cannabis is now a legally recognized religion and weed is its holy sacrament
BY: MATTHEW CHIN In Indianapolis, Indiana, following the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a controversial law that has been known to deliberately suppress LGBT rights, has unintentionally helped The First Church of Cannabis become a legitimate establishment. The RFRA states that…
Aldous Huxley’s wife wrote this letter about injecting him with LSD right before he died
BY: TYLER FYFE On the same day President Kennedy was assassinated, the world lost a second giant in time. Aldous Huxley, the author of Brave New World and other stunning works of literature died after a 3-year battle with cancer.…
Hippies, drugs & street art: at this lawless commune citizens build their homes on the oceanfront
BY: MATTHEW CHIN Off the Eastern coast of Denmark, in the heart of Copenhagen lies Freetown Christiania, a hippie commune with its own government and unique set of laws. Potheads, hippies, artists, idealists, and non-materialists are all welcomed in this…
Ozzy’s genome reveals how he survived 40 years of drug abuse that should have killed him
BY: TJ MOREY Ozzy Osbourne—the singer of Black Sabbath from 1968 to 1979, as well as his own solo material beyond—is an enigma of sorts. A living heavy metal legend who influenced millions of people with his music, Ozzy has…
The world’s most dangerous drug could turn anyone into a puppet without you even knowing
BY: VICTORIA STUNT You’re alone in a grey city plaza in the centre of Bogota, Colombia when a man comes to sit beside you. You get to chatting and after a while, he offers you a cigarette. You accept, and…
This Major League baseball pitcher threw a no-hitter while tripping on LSD
BY: ROB HOFFMAN In one of the most memorable games in Major League baseball, Dock Ellis—a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates—threw a no-hitter while he was tripping on LSD. Ellis was an incredible player, and arguably an even greater person—a…
I went to a live porn shoot high on hyper-potent magic mushrooms (NSFW)
Written By: Bryce B. Higgins Photos By: Jason Jones The last time I took Amazonian mushrooms I was so incapacitated that I almost ruined a wedding. The second time, I wound up in a penthouse suite at the Fairmont, Banff Springs…
The California Bill banning date rape drugs ignores the largest cause of date rape
BY: JESSICA BEUKER A California Bill is aiming to reverse the war on drugs by making specific drug possession a felony. The bill will ban the possession of a trio of drugs, known as date rape drugs, in an effort…
Drug abuse in Portugal has dropped by half since their government decriminalized all drugs
BY: DANIEL KORN A couple months ago, I wrote about the war on drugs. After looking at some data, I concluded that treatment programs were both a more cost-effective and long-term tool for curbing drug addiction than police crackdowns and…
Photographer captures the deteriorating ghosts of Crackland
BY: SARAH ROBERTSON Sao Paulo, Brazil is the ground of the world’s second biggest crack epidemic just behind the United States. With high levels of addiction, poverty and violence, the city has garnered the nickname also known as Cracolandia or…
Chris and Eve are a drug-addicted couple living in New Jersey’s most notorious slum (Photos)
Written and photographed by: Christopher Occhicone Tent City, which had up to 100 residents at any given time, could be many things to many people. Some residents had planned badly, fell on hard times, and ended up in TC. They used…
Senolytics are a new class of drug that could let you live longer.
BY: DANIEL KORN I had this friend in high school who was obsessed with anti-aging science. My friend was profoundly uncomfortable with the notion of his own death, and, given the option, would happily choose to live forever. His hero…
This artist drew self-portraits on 50 different drugs (Photos)
BY: DANIEL KORN Bryan Lewis Saunders is a Tennessee-based performance artist, poet, and illustrator who has drawn at least one self-portrait every day since March 30, 1995. As of now, he has over 8,700 self-portraits, collected in stacks of hardbound…
South Park creators went to the Oscars on acid and dressed like women to prove a point (Video)
South Park creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, are comedic geniuses and wildly innovative creative minds. They’re also exactly the type of guys you would expect them to be in real life. Known to push limits and cross boundaries on…
Science proves getting high on magic mushrooms may help cure depression
BY: TED BARNABY Seeking treatment for depression is both frustrating and discouraging: you walk into the doctor’s office, answer a few questions, followed by a prescription of any number of anti-depressants which, after six weeks of taking them, will either…
Sorry Urban Outfitters, depression is not a fashion statement
BY: LAURA ROJAS As a teenager, I experienced episodes of depression I can only describe as being frequent. At that age, hormonal levels are fluctuating; life experiences are suddenly becoming a bit more real. The sadness and uncertainty I felt…
First Nations reserves in the U.S. have been given the green light to sell pot
BY: SINEAD MULHERN First Nations reserves in the U.S. have been given the green light to grow and sell marijuana on their lands. This is a decision that comes with much controversy, though. Whether or not reserves choose to take…
Modern Berlin: from the Stasi, Hitler and segregation to MDMA, street art and a culture of freedom
BY: AOIFE RYAN For many, Berlin may provoke images of division and fallen empires, but laced within the nation’s capital are far more rewarding experiences for both the modern traveller and native city dwellers alike. Having been there myself nearly…
In Nepal, Datura is a holy psychedelic, but in the wrong hands it can become “The Devil’s Breath”
BY: TJ MOREY Scopolamine, the Devil’s Breath, Devil’s Apple, are some of the well-known and highly conspicuous names attributed to Datura, a deadly plant that has garnered enough attention, respect, and fear amongst the hardest of psychonauts. Found abundantly and…