71. Drugs in the Media with Mattha Busby

Mattha Busby is a freelance journalist for publications including the Guardian, Observer, London Times, Vice, Jacobin and Leafly. Based in Mexico, Mattha writes about health, drugs, nutrition, human rights, blockchain, the environment, and events in Latin America. ‘Should All Drugs Be Legalized?’ reads the title of his first book, listen to this week’s episode to find out the answer!

Should All Drugs Be Legalized

Mexican drug war

Medical cannabis

Oaxaca 

Awakn Life Sciences Group

Ibogaine

Ayahuasca

Psilocybin 

Jamaican Psilocybin Retreats

Maria Sabina

Peyote

R. Gordon Wasson

“Seeking the Magic Mushroom” by Gordon Wasson

Mezcal 

Cocaine

The Peyote Dance

Aldous Huxley

‘I’m a lighter me’: Can Mike Tyson and psychedelics help boxers with brain trauma?

Hunter S. Tompson

Mexico’s Supreme Court rules personal marijuana possession legal, again

Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán

Jalisco New Generation Cartel

Dutch Ecstasy “Shop”

MDMA

LSD could help alcoholics stop drinking, AA founder believed

Mick Lynch