psychedelics
Everything You Need to Know About Magic Mushrooms
The definitive VICE guide to what magic mushrooms are, where they came from, and how best to prepare for a psychedelic experience.
DMT Users Are Using AI to Draw the Strange Beings They Meet While Tripping
A new book compiles the experiences of people who say they've met extradimensional entities while on the psychedelic drug.
My Dad Was Timothy Leary, 60s Drug Icon
The “most dangerous man in America” was a psychedelics pioneer who was jailed for his beliefs. He also taught me how to drop acid.
Can Psychedelics Save a Failing Relationship?
Couples counsellors are starting to incorporate ketamine, MDMA and other drugs into their practice.
Silicon Valley’s Latest Fascination is Exploring ‘DMT Hyperspace’
Amateur psychonauts have been ‘mapping’ DMT’s psychedelic realms for years. Now, VCs and AI enthusiasts are studying the mysterious drug’s effects.
Scientists Scanned People on DMT Inside fMRI Machines. This Is What They Found.
"By altering these [brain] systems we may be able to construct novel worlds of experience, resonating with the DMT experience."
The People Secretly Growing Magic Mushrooms in the Wild
Guerilla gardeners are using squirt guns and spore-infused water to spread hallucinogenic fungi in forests.
I Got a Tour of the First Psychedelic Therapy Clinic in Britain
The CIPPres Clinic in London is all Scandi chic, leafy houseplants and psilocybin trials.
Ketamine for Depression is 'Not New or Radical' – So Why Hasn't Australia Caught Up?
“It frustrates me that it gets talked about as being such a new treatment, and experimental, and there's been 23 years of evidence now.”
I Went on a Quest to Get High Without Drugs
Cacao, orgasms, breathwork, and other creative ways to elevate your consciousness without using psychedelics.
How Psychedelics Became the New Club Drug
“If you go out two or three times a month and work five days a week, it’s physically and mentally unsustainable to use other substances.”
How to Go on an Ayahuasca Retreat
The definitive VICE guide to finding a retreat, preparing for a ceremony and, most importantly, tripping on ayahuasca.