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David Nickles

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David Nickles is Managing Editor of Psymposia, underground researcher, and harm reduction advocate. He has presented social critiques and commentary on psychedelic culture and radical politics, as well as novel phytochemical data from the DMT-Nexus, at venues around the world.

David’s work focuses on the social and cultural implications of psychoactive substances, utilizing critical theory and structural analysis to examine the intersections of drugs and society. He is a vocal opponent of the mainstreaming and commodification of psychedelic compounds and rituals, believing that such approaches inherently obscure the liberatory potential of psychedelic experiences.


  • Church of Psilomethoxin, Part 4: The Church That Cried Capitalism
    By David Nickles
    on May 15, 2023
  • Church of Psilomethoxin, Part 3: Matters of Faith. Father, Son, and Wholly Dosed?
    By David Nickles
    on May 9, 2023
  • The Church of Psilomethoxin Part 2: Unraveling the Sacred Chemistry
    By David Nickles
    on May 3, 2023
  • Church of Psilomethoxin, Part 1: Sacramental Skepticism. Is the Church in Denial?
    By David Nickles
    on April 28, 2023
  • Hamilton Morris Hired by Psilocybin Startup COMPASS Pathways, Ends "Hamilton's Pharmacopeia" On Vice
    By David Nickles
    on September 22, 2021
  • COMPASS Pathways Is Trying to Patent Psilocybin for More Mental Health Conditions Than You Can Name
    By David Nickles
    on March 18, 2021
  • Psychedelic Media Should Stop Parroting Corporate Press Releases
    By David Nickles
    on October 12, 2020
  • We Need to Talk About MAPS Supporting The Police, The Military, and Violent White Supremacism
    By David Nickles
    on July 17, 2020
  • Bicycle Day 2020 Was Truly Historic, But Not for the Reasons You Think
    By David Nickles
    on April 25, 2020
  • Eleusis Benefit Corp: Taking the “Psychedelic” Out of Psychedelics
    By David Nickles
    on February 11, 2020
  • BBC Duped into Promoting Marketing Scheme for Microdosing Psychedelics
    By David Nickles
    on January 15, 2020
  • This is what psychedelic mainstreaming looks like...in Arizona
    By David Nickles
    on February 4, 2019
  • It’s time to debunk prohibitionist narratives and calls for monopolies within psychedelic science
    By David Nickles
    on October 25, 2018

How About a Positive Nicotine and Alcohol Story?

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.


Activists Bring 51-Foot Cannabis Joint to Hillary Clinton

August 19, 2016

I had the very strange joy of driving a Hillary Clinton rally with a van full of cannabis activists.


A Montreal street artist eats psilocybin mushrooms for the first time

August 22, 2016

“Ya I love it, good taste. Fresh!” I had no idea what I’m doing.


J Walking along Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Trail

August 29, 2016

We would have only one chance to intercept Hillary Clinton in the parking lot.


Envisioning a Sensible Psychedelic Drug Policy

August 30, 2016

What if honest drug education, harm reduction, long term integration, and acknowledging risks, took the place of propaganda?


Getting High is a Human Right: Reflections from Uruguay After Cannabis Legalization

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.


Obama Commutes Sentences for 111, Including Deadhead Serving Life for LSD

September 1, 2016

Timothy Tyler, was serving a double-life sentence without the possibility of parole for selling LSD.


A Narc Gifts a Priest 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.


MDMA showed me there’s more to life than being stuck over an ex-girlfriend

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.


LSD Helped Me Ditch My Crutches & Scale Mountains

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.


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