Mike Jay
Author, London
Mike Jay is an author and cultural historian. His latest book is Mescaline: A Global History of the First Psychedelic (2019). He lives in London.
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Consciousness and altered states
Why is psychedelic culture dominated by privileged white men?
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Human rights and justice
What were drugs?
The war on drugs was always a war against an idea. But ideas have a shelf-life, too, and this one has lost its potency
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Public health
The Geel question
For centuries, a little Belgian town has treated the mentally ill. Why are its medieval methods so successful?
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Film and visual culture
The reality show
Schizophrenics used to see demons and spirits. Now they talk about actors and hidden cameras – and make a lot of sense
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