“Was it possible that I had been drawn to the Course because it gave me the same feelings of spiritual connection and flow that, in my diminished state, I was not experiencing in my usual way—through writing?” —Sheila Heti harpers.org/archive/2024/0…

NEW: Imagine eating a poppy seed salad from Costco the night before giving birth — only to test positive for opiates at the hospital, prompting child protective services to take your newborn away. This happened to one woman in CA. And she's not alone. themarshallproject.org/2024/09/09/dru…

The The New Yorker has produced a remarkable database that lists investigations into potential war crimes committed by the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan, during its War on Terror newyorker.com/podcast/in-the…

Great to see some more indigenous perspectives (as well as a mention of one of our research papers) in the discussion of psychedelics for mental health in this BBC article bbc.com/future/article…

Why don’t psychedelics work for everyone? The ‘nada effect’ might be the reason. Read the latest article to learn why some people just don’t trip (even with high doses). 🌿 🔗 psychedelicstoday.com/2024/09/12/the…

Some people don’t trip when they take psychedelics. Why not? My latest for Psychedelics Today psychedelicstoday.com/2024/09/12/the…

Court Rules Psychedelic Mushroom Dispensary Can Remain Open in Vancouver doubleblindmag.com/vancouver-mush…

Two years after former President Richard Nixon launched a war on drugs in 1971, he was recorded saying that he knew marijuana was “not particularly dangerous.” The remarks were part of a set of tapes that were only recently made widely available. nyti.ms/3XtGpLi

Today, Mexican Independence Day, marks a worldwide celebration of Mexican freedom, culture and way of life. For the Country Profile in our latest issue, Mattha Busby unpacks the cultural legacies present in modern day Mexico Read the full profile👇 newint.org/country-profil…

I’ve spent almost half of the last five years in Mexico, so it was a pleasure to put together this profile for New Internationalist and discuss the country’s increasing cultural influence on the world newint.org/country-profil…

Use of antidepressants to treat pain in older people must be reviewed, study says Six out of 10 aged care residents in Australia are prescribed the drugs, despite weak evidence and side-effects such as dizziness and falls bit.ly/3zoLug3

An American man with a degenerative brain disease is able to control Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa with his mind using an implant, according to the company that made the technology ⬇️ thetimes.com/world/us-world…

Human Consciousness Comes From a Higher Dimension, Scientist Claims popularmechanics.com/science/a62241…

Museum to Honor Maria Sabina and Mazatec Traditions Seeks Funding ‘It would be great to receive donations from the companies that have patents for psilocybin or are using it to make a lot of money to make this museum happen.’ Via DoubleBlind doubleblindmag.com/maria-sabina-m…

Spoke to Sámi people who have been forced to flee Russia amid growing persecution of Indigenous groups ‘They want total control’: how Russia is forcing Sami people to hide their identity theguardian.com/world/2024/sep…

How a digital detox day could help people take control of downtime theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

'You cannot criminalise people’s history, and the language that emerged from that.' bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

‘We can feel our ancestors’: one First Nation’s fight to save Canada’s old forests dlvr.it/TDZVp5