There were high hopes for psychedelic policy reform when Trump returned to the White House. Nine months into his second term, with a host of advocates in senior government positions for the first time in history, what happens next is anyone’s guess

For the MAPS Bulletin

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In print today

Mayan eco-chic is the new eco-bleak. For the latest issue of Volume, I draw on my three reporting trips to Tulum to demonstrate the unmitigated disaster of ‘eco-tourism’ in the Mexican town, among other things

For the very unlikely return of the Vice magazine, I spoke to an array of inspirational people who well and truly hit Rock Bottom but emerged on the other side to impart their gory wisdom

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Sean Fitzgerald, a 31-year-old ex-soldier from Coventry, was shot dead ‘lawfully’ by police, an inquest has ruled, as he fled a drugs raid. He was unarmed and had his arms in a natural position, but the officer who killed him claims he feared for his life

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Thanks to Kev Kharas for this generous summary of the article www.vice.com/en/article/t...

Enjoyed presenting my talk charting my extraordinary journey reporting on the dark side of psychedelics @breakingconvention.bsky.social last week

NEW: Sir Chris Cohn, the British hedge fund manager named the UK’s 'most generous man' for his philanthropy, is to be announced as one of the new investors into MDMA pharma company Lykos Therapeutics, alongside fellow billionaire Antonio Gracias, who is leading the takeover deal

Psychedelics: A pocket primer. By me! Out next week via the wonderful team @HoxtonMiniPress
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Nib on coca's comeback by me in the latest @newint magazine

Last week I attended the Wisdom of the Leaf coca summit organised by the Mckenna Academy outside of Cusco, Peru. The WHO is currently reviewing coca’s illegal global status, and scientists, activists and policymakers, including the Bolivian VP, gathered to help create a movement to legalize coca