Mattha Busby

    Mattha is a journalist with a focus on health policy, drugs/psychedelics and (sub)culture. His work has appeared in the Guardian, VICE, Rolling Stone, WIRED, TIME and Men’s Health. Based in Lisbon, Portugal, and originally from the UK, he is the author of Should All Drugs Be Legalized? (Thames & Hudson, 2022) and is writing a new pocket book on psychedelics (Hoxton Mini Press). In 2024, he was a Ferris-UC Berkeley fellow in psychedelic journalism.

    Saudi Arabia a Key Driver of 2024 Global Surge in Executions for Drugs

    Saudi Arabia executed at least 122 people for drug-related convictions in 2024, its highest ...

    Coca Summit in Peru Focuses Push to End Global Prohibition

    The United Nations must “decolonize” global drug laws and deschedule the coca leaf, which ...

    Festival Drug Checking Services Still Too Often Sidelined

    It’s a scorching July day in British Columbia, at Bass Coast festival, and there ...

    Wrongful Death Verdict Puts Hard Questions to Psychedelic Community

    “We understand you want healing, but you can’t lie to us,” said Christopher Young, ...

    Arrests at North Carolina Methadone Clinic Raise Ethical, Legal Alarms

    On a pleasant summer’s morning in North Carolina, a law enforcement officer was searching ...

    Psychedelic Community Divided Over Upcoming Conference in Israel

    At a psychedelics conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, this July, attendees are due to ...