A 1939 picture of the Matt Rens Hemp Company farm, near Alto Wisconsin

A 1939 picture of a farmer harvesting hemp, labeled "marihuana (hemp)," at the Matt Rens Hemp Company near the town of Alto, Wisconsin

Two 1939 pictures of the Matt Rens Hemp Company, located near Alto, Wisconsin. Pictures were submitted to the Bureau of Narcotics by federal agent John Kelly. The company employed 25 people, noted Kelly, and "is a capably managed business."

Source: DEA papers, NARA II
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Call for Submissions - Global History of Psychedelics Chacruna invites submissions to our Global History of Psychedelics series. The ongoing series highlights the dynamic ways that historic traditions, cultures, and research spaces have contributed to th...

REMINDER! @erikadyck.bsky.social and I are still accepting submissions and proposals for our Global History of Psychedelic series that we are publishing with @chacruna.bsky.social!!

A wide range of disciplinary topics will be considered!

chacruna.net/call-for-sub...

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“El vídeo es tan poderoso como el LSD”: Electrónica y psicodélicos como tecnologías de la conciencia Las historias de la electrónica y los psicodélicos están entrelazadas, como muestra Peter Sachs Collopy en este artículo sobre el LSD y el vídeo a mediados del siglo XX. Collopy muestra que ambas...

Our Chacruna Institute Global History of Psychedelics series article by @collopy.net is now available in Spanish! Read "“El vídeo es tan poderoso como el LSD”: Electrónica y psicodélicos como tecnologías de la conciencia": chacruna-la.org/lsd-electron...

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From Psychiatric Clinics to Magical Centre: LSD in the Netherlands In this article, Stephen Snelders explores a watershed in the diffusion of LSD in the Netherlands that took place in the 1960s.

Today in our @chacruna.bsky.social Global History of Psychedelics series we have "From Psychiatric Clinics to Magical Centre: LSD in the Netherlands" by Stephen Snelders

chacruna.net/lsd-in-the-n...

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“¡Soy un científico!” La investigación interdisciplinar y transnacional de Roger Heim sobre los hongos alucinógenos (y el problema de la adivinación) Roger Heim (1900-1979) fue un biólogo francés cuyas investigaciones sobre los hongos psicodélicos trascendieron líneas interdisciplinarias y transnacionales. Heim colaboró con importantes figuras...

Our @chacruna.bsky.social Global History of Psychedelics series article by Vincent Verroust is now available in Spanish!

chacruna-la.org/roger-heim-i...

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“Video Is as Powerful as LSD”: Electronics and Psychedelics as Technologies of Consciousness The histories of electronics and psychedelics are intertwined as Peter Sachs Collopy shows in this article about LSD and video in the mid-twentieth century. Collopy shows that both technologies were u...

We've got the latest in our Global History of Psychedelics series on @chacruna.bsky.social today, "'Video Is as Powerful as LSD': Electronics and Psychedelics as Technologies of Consciousness" by @collopy.net

chacruna.net/video-is-as-...

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Recordar para olvidar: cómo el Reino Unido desapareció del mapa psicodélico Entre 1952 y 1964, el Hospital Psiquiátrico Powick del Reino Unido sirvió como centro de terapia asistida con LSD. Ronald Sandison se situó en el centro de esta actividad, publicando artículos en...

Our @chacruna.bsky.social Global History of Psychedelics series article by Wendy Kline is now available in Spanish! Read "Recordar para olvidar: cómo el Reino Unido desapareció del mapa psicodélico":

chacruna-la.org/reino-unido-...

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The Alcohol and Drug History Society (ADHS) is seeking applications for their Dissertation Prize.

Committee: @erikadyck.bsky.social, Stephen Snelders, Aileen Teague

Submit by 1 March 2024.

Read the full call here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Call for Submissions - Global History of Psychedelics Chacruna invites submissions to our Global History of Psychedelics series. The ongoing series highlights the dynamic ways that historic traditions, cultures, and research spaces have contributed to th...

Hey all! @erikadyck.bsky.social and I are seeking submissions to our Chacruna Global History of Psychedelic Plant Medicines series.

Final articles should be around 700 words. We're accepting submissions on a rolling basis!

chacruna.net/call-for-sub...

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EP84: Big Psychedelic (ft. Erika Dyke and David Nickles) – Darts & Letters

Just got around to listening to this interview with @erikadyck.bsky.social on Darts and Letters, give it a listen if you're curious about the history of psychedelics and how it relates to today.

dartsandletters.ca/2023/08/29/e...

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Del bwiti a la ibogaína y viceversa: Historia transnacional de la Tabernanthe iboga Julien Bonhomme explora cómo las comunidades psicodélicas euroamericanas se han apropiado de los rituales de ibogaína bwiti, creando una experiencia liminal que incorpora elementos de ambas...

Julien Bonhomme's article for our Chacruna History of Psychedelics series is now available in Spanish!

Check out "Del bwiti a la ibogaína y viceversa: Historia transnacional de la Tabernanthe iboga": chacruna-la.org/del-bwiti-a-...

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Historia global de los psicodélicos: Una serie de Chacruna Nuestra nueva serie Chacruna destacará la historia global de los psicodélicos. Pondrá de relieve algunas de las formas dinámicas en que las tradiciones históricas, las culturas y los espacios de....

The intro to our Chacruna Global History of Psychedelics series written by @erikadyck.bsky.social is now available in Spanish!

chacruna-la.org/historia-glo...

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Remembering to Forget: How the UK Disappeared from the Psychedelic Map Between 1952 and 1964, the UK's Powick Psychiatric Hospital served as a center of LSD-assisted therapy. Ronald Sandison stood at the center of this activity, publishing papers in psychiatric journals ...

Today on Chacruna, we have Wendy Kline's piece for our Global History of Psychedelics series, "Remembering to Forget: How the UK Disappeared from the Psychedelic Map."

chacruna.net/powick-psych...

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From Rubber Adulterant to Ceremonial Psychedelic: Voacanga africana in the Transnational Imagination... Timothy Vilgiate looks at how the story of Voacanga africana is an example of how Western psychedelia co-opts Indigenous culture in order to create fictional "primitive others" that they can utilize f...

Today on Chacruna we have "From Rubber Adulterant to Ceremonial Psychedelic: Voacanga africana in the Transnational Imagination, 1894–2018" by Timothy Vilgiate, part of our Global History of Psychedelics series

chacruna.net/from-rubber-...

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Early Experimental LSD Cultures in the Clinic Magaly Tornay looks at early practices of meaning-making around LSD in the clinic, a crucial site for negotiating the normal & pathological. Tornay argues that the case of Switzerland is particularly ...

Today on Chacruna Institute we have "Early Experimental LSD Cultures in the Clinic" by Magaly Tornay

This is part of our Global History of Psychedelics series.

chacruna.net/early-experi...

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Women, Mental Illness and Psychedelic Therapy in Postwar France By examining archival documents that highlight the experiences of women, Zoë Dubus is able to explain why set and setting was not prioritized in psychedelic therapy in postwar France. Dubus shows tha...

Today in our Chacruna Institute Global History of Psychedelics series, @zoe-dubus.bsky.social explains why set and setting was not taken seriously in LSD experiment in postwar France.

chacruna.net/women-mental...

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Mescaline, Between Psychopathology and Phenomenology: Sartre and Experimentation in 1930s France Jean-Paul Sartre’s famous bad trip took place in February 1935, but is it accurate to call it a bad trip when this language didn't exist yet? Gautier Dassonneville shows that Sartre's story fits int...

Today on Chacruna, Gautier Dassonneville explains why describing Sartre's mescaline experience as a "bad trip" is inaccurate for the time period.

chacruna.net/is-it-accura...

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Brief post over at @PointsADHS reflecting on addiction, #histdrugs, #histgender, #histSTM & #fatstudies http://bit.ly/1CH3tpB

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‘Presenting Terada Shin: The life history of a female drug user in prewar Japan’ http://bit.ly/1kUhgid HT @PointsADHS #histmed #histdrugs

Fitz Hugh Ludlow: ‘Hasheesh Eater’, self-experimenter & writer http://bit.ly/1qGyiqO HT @rvitelli via @mocost #histmed #histdrugs #histsci