Through social media, student exchange, and American pop culture, perceptions of marijuana & psychedelics are slowly changing in Hong Kong.

“Let It Happen” by Tame Impala came on as if there was a switch inside my brain where the drug started working.

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

I was a couple strong beers in when I reached over for my friend’s vaporizer and took several drags. It was pretty psychedelic.

Most of the information the “D.A.R.E. generation” was taught in school was sensationalized, exaggerated, or simply factually incorrect (typically all three).

Isn’t it just as valid and meaningful for psychedelics to be used for diversion, entertainment, relaxation, and adventure?

When the media republishes statements from psychedelic pharmaceutical startups and their executives with little-to-no vetting, it functions as a corporate megaphone and damages the field of psychedelic science.

The following is an open letter by two former co-leads of the MAPS Canada Diversity Committee. It was written in response to a variety of racist and prejudicial behaviours they experienced from MAPS Canada leadership and the organization at large during their eight-month tenure as unpaid volunteers, including obstruction—by leadership—of their efforts to address long-entrenched discriminatory practices in the psychedelic research domain and to implement initiatives to combat race-based health disparities.

Through candid interviews with modern psychedelic researchers, Danielle Giffort’s "Acid Revival" presents a profession obsessed with how it is perceived by mainstream audiences and desperate not to repeat the “mistakes” of the 1960s.

A tobacco ban will likely reduce smoking. But focusing only on drug use masks the violence behind policy choices. A ban on tobacco is not done with a magic wand. Behind every law is state violence.