PSYCHOACTIVE

What is microdosing?  Why do so many people swear by it?  But does it really work?  Dr. Sophia Korb is a therapist and researcher who worked for the Fadiman Group on the largest microdosing study in t...

7 Jul 20221h 14min

Marijuana was integral to the evolving culture wars of the 1970s, with long criminal sentences meted out to some while others flouted the law with alacrity. No one was more central to the battles over...

30 Jun 20221h 19min

How does marijuana affect driving? Can one learn to drive safely while high? Are there reliable tests for detecting marijuana-impaired driving? How accurate are simulator tests of people driving under...

23 Jun 20221h 16min

Is it possible that MDMA and psychedelics offer a master key for reopening the “critical periods” in our infancy when the brain’s development and maturation is strongly dependent on experience or envi...

16 Jun 20221h 15min

Vancouver’s drug policies are among the most progressive in North America but the city still suffers from high rates of fatal overdose, mostly involving fentanyl. Garth Mullins has been part of the dr...

9 Jun 20221h 13min

In spite of a massive spike in overdose death, BC’s government still refuses to offer a genuinely safe supply of drugs. Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum tell the story of how the Drug User Liberation Front...

6 Jun 202248min

I first met Amanda Feilding in the late 1990s, when she was launching the Beckley Foundation to conduct and support research on psychedelics. I must admit that I failed to anticipate how successful an...

2 Jun 202254min

David Simon is the co-creator and head writer of the HBO series “The Wire” (2002-08) and “We Own This City” (2022) as well as other outstanding TV series on policing, drug dealing, music, porn and the...

26 Mai 20221h 13min