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.

    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 ...

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    Psychedelic Community Divided Over Upcoming Conference in Israel

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

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    “Get on Your Knees”—Alberta Cops Raid Home Over Ayahuasca Delivery

    On February 8, Chad Gillies, a specialty welder in Calgary, Alberta, opened his door ...

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