Hi Jules, wonderful artcle - I admire your proactivity in reaching out to his team. Inspiring, and well done!
I feel this could have been prevented, easily. The lack of support this guy had in the aftermath is horrifying. I'm so glad he is doing well and my bet is that his charity takes off as pilot mental health is a great problem to start helping.
Jules, this was such a harrowing but compelling read. I really feel for Joseph. Thank goodness you were able to help him with his defence and that he is now able to move forward with his life.
This is incredible work, Jules. As a practitioner, its very easy to read the circumstances of his trip and be aghast at the set, setting (sleep deprived, drunk on whiskey?????), and lack of support from his “friends” who were also there. But it is a potent reminder that widespread harm reduction principles regarding safe use of psychedelics have not yet entered the mainstream to a sufficient degree, and it seems that we have a very long way to go.
This is an incredible article/interview. I would watch a movie or tv show telling this story in a heartbeat. I also want to add that I imagine his body metabolism could have been a factor...did he sleep and eat and hydrate in those 48 hours? What medications was he also taking, if any? Everyone's body really is so different.
Hi Jules, wonderful artcle - I admire your proactivity in reaching out to his team. Inspiring, and well done!
I feel this could have been prevented, easily. The lack of support this guy had in the aftermath is horrifying. I'm so glad he is doing well and my bet is that his charity takes off as pilot mental health is a great problem to start helping.
Great review
This guy was sleep deprived and quite drunk when he swallowed the mushrooms.
That needs to be considered.
Those two things could be very relevant
Alcohol doesn’t mix well with mushrooms
Jules, this was such a harrowing but compelling read. I really feel for Joseph. Thank goodness you were able to help him with his defence and that he is now able to move forward with his life.
Have to wonder whether his alcohol intoxication was a factor
This is incredible work, Jules. As a practitioner, its very easy to read the circumstances of his trip and be aghast at the set, setting (sleep deprived, drunk on whiskey?????), and lack of support from his “friends” who were also there. But it is a potent reminder that widespread harm reduction principles regarding safe use of psychedelics have not yet entered the mainstream to a sufficient degree, and it seems that we have a very long way to go.
This is an incredible article/interview. I would watch a movie or tv show telling this story in a heartbeat. I also want to add that I imagine his body metabolism could have been a factor...did he sleep and eat and hydrate in those 48 hours? What medications was he also taking, if any? Everyone's body really is so different.
Thank you for standing up for the facts that people can have adverse effects. Incredibly irresponsible for mainstream psychedelic groups to deny that.
Psychedelicatessen. (Sorry, I couldn't help it )
You really helped this guy out by advising. Nice work.