Conservative and Christian? US right champions psychedelic drugs

"The psychedelic renaissance is three things: capitalized, conservative and Christian," Jamie Wheal, author of Recapture the Rapture: Rethinking God, Sex, and Death in a World That's Lost Its Mind, wrote earlier this year in an article titled Make America Hallucinate Again. "The tactical decision to make military veterans the face of [the psychedelic reform] movement has now taken on a life of its own."…

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/26/us-right-champions-psychedelic-drugs

 

What Ketamine Does to the Human Brain - The Atlantic

Frequent, heavy recreational use—say, several times a week—has been linked to cognitive effects that last beyond the high, including impaired memory, delusional thinking, superstitious beliefs, and a sense of specialness and importance. You can see why people might wonder about ketamine use from a man who is trying to usher in multi-planetary human life, who has barged into global politics and is attempting to reengineer the U.S. government. With Musk's new political power, his cognitive and psychological health is of concern not only to shareholders of his companies' stocks but to all Americans. His late-night posts on X, mass emails to federal employees, and non sequiturs uttered on television have prompted even more questions about his drug use...

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/03/ketamine-effects-elon-musk/681911/ 

 

Trial of two Denver officers in killing of Elijah McClain set to open

McClain, using earbuds, initially kept walking. Within 10 seconds, Woodyard put his hands on McClain, turning him around. As McClain tried to escape his grip, Woodyard said: "Relax, or I'm going to have to change this situation." 

The encounter quickly escalated, with officers taking him to the ground and putting him in a neck hold before paramedics arrived and injected him with ketamine. McClain suffered cardiac arrest on the way to the hospital. He was pronounced dead three days later...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/20/elijah-mcclain-killing-trial-denver-police-officers