Mattha Busby is a journalist, author and speaker specialising in health policy, psychedelic drugs and culture. His work has appeared in The Guardian, VICE, Rolling Stone, WIRED, TIME, and Men’s Health.  In 2024, he was a Ferris-UC Berkeley fellow in psychedelic journalism. His first book Should All Drugs Be Legalized? was published in 2022 by Thames & Hudson. His new pocketbook on psychedelic will be published by Hoxton Mini Press in March 2025.

Reporting on the dark side of psychedelic healing

As a journalist reporting on the psychedelic world at the same time as having his own experiences, for both research and as part of a personal quest for growth, Mattha Busby has seen it all. Ceremonies bathed in love and light, and rituals steeped in darkness. Through all of this, he has witnessed and experienced both the benefits of psychedelics and their serious potential for harm.