. 'After all, what harm could a little weed do?' ‘If you come to Amsterdam, to study, the first thing people will ask you is: "Oh, do you smoke weed…
High HumansNovember 15, 2021
The story of the American prohibition, or perhaps how governmental policy led the illegal alcohol industry to flourish. Text Isa Davids On the 17th of January Al Capone favored celebrating…
High HumansOctober 13, 2021
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‘Van coke merkte ik dat ik introvert werd, terwijl ik van mezelf hartstikke extrovert ben’
'When I started living in Amsterdam, I took XTC a couple…
High HumansAugust 31, 2021
Long hair, oriental garments, Indian beeds, Day-Glo paint, oil projections, strobes, mandalas, peace signs, psychedelic rock and LSD—all of these things are now synonymous with the hippie movement. But the…
High HumansAugust 31, 2021
These days, strolling from Amsterdam Central Station down the Zeedijk towards Nieuwmarkt, it’s hard to imagine how this neatly maintained, hyper-touristic street was once the epicentre of Europe’s heaviest heroin…
High HumansAugust 31, 2021
In the first half of the 20th Century, tens of thousands of kilos of cocaine were produced in Amsterdam. During the First World War, it was exported to soldiers on…
High HumansAugust 31, 2021
You must have heard of the opium wars. These two wars were fought in the 19th Century, between China, England, and later France. But did you know what they were…
High HumansJuly 21, 2021
Writers and Ruigoord-godfathers Gerben Hellinga (83) and Hans Plomp (77) were some of the very first psychonauts in Holland. They were there when Amsterdam first got introduced to marihuana and…
High HumansJuly 13, 2021
What do Andy Warhol, Liza Minelli and Michael Jackson have in common, besides their unprecedented celebrity status throughout the 70’s? Exactly. They all were frequent visitors of the exclusive nightclub…
High HumansJuly 13, 2021