Tales from the Trip
There are some magical moments amongst the weirdness and terror of tripping.
This House would Legalise Drugs for Personal Use
This week at the Oxford Union, the evening’s main debate concerned the future legality of a bag of coke. Unexpectedly, the most revelatory part...
Hallucinogenic healing
"Some scientists argue that the use of psychedelics can drastically cut medical costs by generating a shift in psychiatry from the current palliative approach towards a curative one. "
Love, sex and psychedelics in 70s San Francisco
Pride. Sex. Psychedelics.
The words spring to mind quickly when thinking of San Francisco in the seventies. Between the tail end of an active...
Review: American Buffalo
Frazer Martin reviews 'American Buffalo' at the Pilch.
All Smoke and Mirrors?
Investigating the supposed health benefits of hemp-based edibles
On the Inside
Drugs, money, and violence are at the centre of Britain’s prison crisis
Cracking down on drug use is misguided
Funds would be better spent helping, not condemning
Police to crack down on Oxford’s drug dealers
A post on the Thames Valley Police Facebook page announced the task force on 26th March, saying: “Both Oxford City Council and Thames Valley Police have seen increasing concerns about drug dealing and use over recent months."
Wadham trials smoking restriction in Trinity
Wadham joins St Hugh's, St Edmund's Hall, and other colleges in limiting or banning smoking on campus
Wadham hosts £500-a-head ketamine conference
Academics and NHS employees discussed the drug's antidepressant effects
Prohibition kills. Why no progress on drugs policy?
Drugs policy is failing society’s most vulnerable, writes Joshua Harvey
Keep your ket use quiet online, says Exeter College
Undergraduates at Exeter have been warned against posting about their drug use on social media
UK should follow Canada’s cannabis lead
Legalisation is smart and only a matter of time—Trudeau's move is a gutsy but good one, argues Maxim Parr-Reid