A Dutch art installation is questioning what a legal drug market could look like — In July of 2022, Dutch harm reduction organization Mainliners opened a one of a kind pop up shop in Utrecht in partnership with Poppi Drug Museum, as part of a social experiment. …

And a few words of warning about some commonly believed myths — Shorter days of cool, rainy weather are approaching in many parts of the US. Many excited psychedelic users know that mushroom hunting season is approaching. If you are interested in foraging for psychedelic mushrooms, here is some advice on finding and identifying them in the wild, as well as some…

“But you don’t seem like you have ADHD” — Have you ever had a therapist who tried to convince you that you didn’t really have a medical condition that you have already been diagnosed with? Share your stories in the comment section! I was diagnosed with ADHD for the first time at the age of 8, after significant struggles…

It’s hard to speak out without being quickly and aggressively shut down — I started this publication to give a voice to people who have personally been hurt or traumatized in some way by abusive mental healthcare providers. Abuse in therapy and psychiatry is a very real problem that not enough people even acknowledge, much less take seriously. …

Evidence suggests it’s often no better than placebo, and even harmful to some. So why do we keep pushing it as a one size fits all solution? — Mental health struggles have become significantly destigmatized in the last decade. While this should be positive in itself, the problem is that it’s often practiced in a superficial way which does nothing but exacerbate the loneliness and isolation behind much of the mental illness in our society.

New writers are welcome! Read on if you’re interested in contributing to this community. — In the last decade, people have been opening up about mental health struggles more than ever. While it’s an overwhelmingly positive thing that we are destigmatizing these issues that nearly everybody deals with at some point in life, there are definitely some downsides. One of the biggest ones is that…

History suggests they’re about to crash at unprecedented levels — To all but a handful of the most delusional and devout evangelicals, it’s pretty obvious at this point what the real intentions of abortion bans are. Between comments about the domestic supply of infants and racist dog whistles about white birth rates, the end goal is to artificially drive up…

As we approached the third year of the pandemic, a new type of COVID emerged. While the gradual reopening of public events and relaxing of mask mandates certainly didn’t help matters, it was also highly contagious and capable of stealthily evading protections offered by the most recent vaccine boosters. As…

A deep dive into the true terror of Silent Hill 3 — Silent Hill 3 is a popular horror game released in 2003. It has sold millions of copies and is still regarded as one of the greatest video games ever released. For the time, it had amazing graphics that pushed beyond available technology to shock players. It is widely considered to…