Laughing gas is a popular substance, especially among young people. It gives you a short but often intense high, in which you can experience a feeling of euphoria, a dreamy…
Magic mushrooms and truffles are beautiful gifts of nature. Since time immemorial, mushrooms containing the active ingredient psilocybin and psilocin have been used in shamanic rituals to evoke visions. In…
Tobacco is one of the most widely used narcotics in the world. Smoking a cigarette, cigar, or sack is legal and fairly normalized, while highly addictive and unhealthy; with prolonged…
Ecstasy or MDMA has been a widely used substance since the 1990s, especially among people who go out to a club or a festival. Taking a pill is closely related…
Alcohol is by far the most popular drug in the world – and also the most dangerous. In many countries (except for the predominantly Islamic ones) drinking alcohol is socially…
Freelance journalist and writer Wietse Pottjewijd published the book XTC – een biografie (XTC — a biography) last year with his friend and colleague Philippus Zandstra. For years, the two…
Marching for miles and diving in tiny submarines for hours on end: the nazi’s addiction to ‘ice’ and ‘tina’ offers a new perspective on World War II. Text Aron Friedman…
Ruben Otte (25), student pharmaceutical science, responds: Drug consumers may well be compared to people who eat chocolate; behind the production lies an ominous world, where exploitation and modern slavery…
Brechje(22) responds: ‘I certainly think this would be a really good idea. Since teenagers often lack boundaries, it can be hard, especially since drugs are increasingly easy to come by.…
The Dunce's Corner It was with horror that I read the news about Ron E., the man who recently murdered his roommate under the influence of ayahuasca. It didn’t happen…