Zoë Dubus
@zoe-dubus.bsky.social
English account ! French PhD in history of medicine. Post-doc at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Psychotropic drugs, psychedelics, medicine, 19th - 21st centuries.
Totally woke
Website: https://dubuszoe.wordpress.com
Totally woke
Website: https://dubuszoe.wordpress.com
Strange slowdown in psilocybin treatment approvals in Canada, for no apparent reason. To date, 304 patients have received it since 2022, mainly for depression or anxiety related to the end of life.
Article in French (with a link to the original article in Nature): www.lapresse.ca/actualites/s...
Article in French (with a link to the original article in Nature): www.lapresse.ca/actualites/s...
July 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Strange slowdown in psilocybin treatment approvals in Canada, for no apparent reason. To date, 304 patients have received it since 2022, mainly for depression or anxiety related to the end of life.
Article in French (with a link to the original article in Nature): www.lapresse.ca/actualites/s...
Article in French (with a link to the original article in Nature): www.lapresse.ca/actualites/s...
April 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
A great event and a GREAT poster 😆👌☮️
@usask.bsky.social
@usask.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
A great event and a GREAT poster 😆👌☮️
@usask.bsky.social
@usask.bsky.social
🍄The first symposium of the Psychedelic Medicine section of AFPBN will be held in Paris on June 5, and here's the program!
Information and registration: www.afpbn.org/1st-national...
Information and registration: www.afpbn.org/1st-national...
March 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
🍄The first symposium of the Psychedelic Medicine section of AFPBN will be held in Paris on June 5, and here's the program!
Information and registration: www.afpbn.org/1st-national...
Information and registration: www.afpbn.org/1st-national...
An important discussion on indigenous knowledge and practices! Online: open-foundation.org/events/onlin...
Reconciling the Resurgence: Psychedelics and the Native American Church - OPEN Foundation
Experience the vibrant legacy of psychedelic therapy—rooted in both 1950s Western medicine and enduring Indigenous healing traditions. Historian Erika Dyck will trace how clinical and ceremonial pract...
open-foundation.org
March 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
An important discussion on indigenous knowledge and practices! Online: open-foundation.org/events/onlin...
The Courtauld Gallery in London is staging an exhibition featuring drawings by French poet Henri Michaux, made under the influence of mescaline in the 1960s 🤩 If, like me, you can't go, there's the catalog to console yourself: www.paulholberton.com/product-page... 🩵
February 28, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The Courtauld Gallery in London is staging an exhibition featuring drawings by French poet Henri Michaux, made under the influence of mescaline in the 1960s 🤩 If, like me, you can't go, there's the catalog to console yourself: www.paulholberton.com/product-page... 🩵
With English subtitles availables 🤗♥️
🌿Histoire du cannabis médical en France !🌿
Domestiqué dès l’âge de Fer (au moins), sorti de la pharmacopée en 1953 et qui n’en finit pas d’être réhabilité avec un retard dramatique pour les patient·es, voilà une histoire particulièrement riche !
youtu.be/hQoYUqoE15A?...
Domestiqué dès l’âge de Fer (au moins), sorti de la pharmacopée en 1953 et qui n’en finit pas d’être réhabilité avec un retard dramatique pour les patient·es, voilà une histoire particulièrement riche !
youtu.be/hQoYUqoE15A?...
Histoire du cannabis médical en France
YouTube video by Dr Zoë Dubus
youtu.be
February 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
With English subtitles availables 🤗♥️
🔞Article🔥
Back in the 50s and 60s, questions of medical ethics were still in their infancy. In this context, women were particularly involved in exploring the therapeutic potential of physical contact when using psychedelics. Learn more in free access: hal.science/hal-04799496v1
Back in the 50s and 60s, questions of medical ethics were still in their infancy. In this context, women were particularly involved in exploring the therapeutic potential of physical contact when using psychedelics. Learn more in free access: hal.science/hal-04799496v1
February 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🔞Article🔥
Back in the 50s and 60s, questions of medical ethics were still in their infancy. In this context, women were particularly involved in exploring the therapeutic potential of physical contact when using psychedelics. Learn more in free access: hal.science/hal-04799496v1
Back in the 50s and 60s, questions of medical ethics were still in their infancy. In this context, women were particularly involved in exploring the therapeutic potential of physical contact when using psychedelics. Learn more in free access: hal.science/hal-04799496v1
"La Bretagne pittoresque" in which hemp was grown, as it was everywhere else in France at the time ✨
Postcard preserved at the Musée de Baud
Postcard preserved at the Musée de Baud
February 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"La Bretagne pittoresque" in which hemp was grown, as it was everywhere else in France at the time ✨
Postcard preserved at the Musée de Baud
Postcard preserved at the Musée de Baud
I've received two new archives from the son of Oscar Janiger, the Californian psychiatrist who gave LSD to almost 1,000 people in the 1950s, including Cary Grant and Anais Nin. The latter was so interested in his experience that she asked Janiger to give her LSD to give to a couple of friends, at
February 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I've received two new archives from the son of Oscar Janiger, the Californian psychiatrist who gave LSD to almost 1,000 people in the 1950s, including Cary Grant and Anais Nin. The latter was so interested in his experience that she asked Janiger to give her LSD to give to a couple of friends, at
A great opportunity to do a PhD in France on the history of mental health in the 20th century. @dicopolhis.bsky.social
Two requirements: hold a Master's degree, not have lived in France for more than one year in the last 3 years
Full details can be found here: amethis.doctorat.org/amethis-clie...
Two requirements: hold a Master's degree, not have lived in France for more than one year in the last 3 years
Full details can be found here: amethis.doctorat.org/amethis-clie...
February 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
A great opportunity to do a PhD in France on the history of mental health in the 20th century. @dicopolhis.bsky.social
Two requirements: hold a Master's degree, not have lived in France for more than one year in the last 3 years
Full details can be found here: amethis.doctorat.org/amethis-clie...
Two requirements: hold a Master's degree, not have lived in France for more than one year in the last 3 years
Full details can be found here: amethis.doctorat.org/amethis-clie...
‼️Unique opportunity to teach psychedelics at the University of Ottawa in @drmonnica.bsky.social ‘s program, they're looking for a French speaker (and obviously bilingual in English)‼️ This is an exceptional position 💫
To apply: uottawa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/fr-CA/uOttaw...
To apply: uottawa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/fr-CA/uOttaw...
February 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
‼️Unique opportunity to teach psychedelics at the University of Ottawa in @drmonnica.bsky.social ‘s program, they're looking for a French speaker (and obviously bilingual in English)‼️ This is an exceptional position 💫
To apply: uottawa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/fr-CA/uOttaw...
To apply: uottawa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/fr-CA/uOttaw...
My classroom for this week of classes at SciencesPo Menton, in France. This is the 5th year and I still can't get over it ^^
January 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
My classroom for this week of classes at SciencesPo Menton, in France. This is the 5th year and I still can't get over it ^^
Yale University organizes a conference on the structural racism of the "War on Drugs".
It's free:
yale.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
It's free:
yale.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
January 21, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Yale University organizes a conference on the structural racism of the "War on Drugs".
It's free:
yale.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
It's free:
yale.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Very happy to see this article with @alexdymock.bsky.social read and appreciated!
The open access link is here: mh.bmj.com/content/medh...
The open access link is here: mh.bmj.com/content/medh...
January 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Very happy to see this article with @alexdymock.bsky.social read and appreciated!
The open access link is here: mh.bmj.com/content/medh...
The open access link is here: mh.bmj.com/content/medh...
✨New article✨
The use of psychedelics can generate multiple effects related to pleasure, desire, sensuality and sexuality. With @alexdymock.bsky.social, we analyze how current scientific studies are looking at this subject and what the limitations of this work are
mh.bmj.com/content/medh...
The use of psychedelics can generate multiple effects related to pleasure, desire, sensuality and sexuality. With @alexdymock.bsky.social, we analyze how current scientific studies are looking at this subject and what the limitations of this work are
mh.bmj.com/content/medh...
January 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
✨New article✨
The use of psychedelics can generate multiple effects related to pleasure, desire, sensuality and sexuality. With @alexdymock.bsky.social, we analyze how current scientific studies are looking at this subject and what the limitations of this work are
mh.bmj.com/content/medh...
The use of psychedelics can generate multiple effects related to pleasure, desire, sensuality and sexuality. With @alexdymock.bsky.social, we analyze how current scientific studies are looking at this subject and what the limitations of this work are
mh.bmj.com/content/medh...
💥The Lancet, one of the world's most prestigious medical journals, has just published an important editorial. A selection:
« Problem drug use and physical dependency—contrary to popular belief—only affect around 10% of those who use drugs. […] The disastrous impact of
« Problem drug use and physical dependency—contrary to popular belief—only affect around 10% of those who use drugs. […] The disastrous impact of
December 30, 2024 at 3:53 PM
💥The Lancet, one of the world's most prestigious medical journals, has just published an important editorial. A selection:
« Problem drug use and physical dependency—contrary to popular belief—only affect around 10% of those who use drugs. […] The disastrous impact of
« Problem drug use and physical dependency—contrary to popular belief—only affect around 10% of those who use drugs. […] The disastrous impact of
I've started posting shorts on YouTube (yes 😄) to share my adventures with you in other ways, and if you want to learn how to say Ayahuasca or Psychedelic in sign language, it's this way: youtube.com/shorts/Sha8Z...
Conference organized by @chacruna.bsky.social last
Conference organized by @chacruna.bsky.social last
Signer les psychédéliques à la conférence de Chacruna !
YouTube video by Dr Zoë Dubus
youtube.com
December 23, 2024 at 6:52 PM
I've started posting shorts on YouTube (yes 😄) to share my adventures with you in other ways, and if you want to learn how to say Ayahuasca or Psychedelic in sign language, it's this way: youtube.com/shorts/Sha8Z...
Conference organized by @chacruna.bsky.social last
Conference organized by @chacruna.bsky.social last
For a future exhibition on psychedelics (it's still a secret 😁🤗) I'm watching an erotic LSD film from 1968, and it really sucks 😆
It tells the story of a young student who meets a group who smoke cannabis and use LD to indulge in orgies. Alice meets Janice and first
It tells the story of a young student who meets a group who smoke cannabis and use LD to indulge in orgies. Alice meets Janice and first
December 20, 2024 at 8:40 PM
For a future exhibition on psychedelics (it's still a secret 😁🤗) I'm watching an erotic LSD film from 1968, and it really sucks 😆
It tells the story of a young student who meets a group who smoke cannabis and use LD to indulge in orgies. Alice meets Janice and first
It tells the story of a young student who meets a group who smoke cannabis and use LD to indulge in orgies. Alice meets Janice and first
I'm grading papers written by my students in the “Intoxicating Histories” course on the history of psychotropic drugs. I'd like to share with you an extract from Tellie Zerr's excellent work, which presents an analysis of the dehumanization of opiate users in 20th-century
December 16, 2024 at 5:51 PM
I'm grading papers written by my students in the “Intoxicating Histories” course on the history of psychotropic drugs. I'd like to share with you an extract from Tellie Zerr's excellent work, which presents an analysis of the dehumanization of opiate users in 20th-century
🪴I'm writing a new article on the writer Anaïs Nin and her experience with LSD, and I discover that in 1936 her French doctor prescribed her cannabis for menstrual pain. This is astonishing, because at the time it was a drug that was virtually no longer prescribed (it was removed from the
December 14, 2024 at 3:43 PM
🪴I'm writing a new article on the writer Anaïs Nin and her experience with LSD, and I discover that in 1936 her French doctor prescribed her cannabis for menstrual pain. This is astonishing, because at the time it was a drug that was virtually no longer prescribed (it was removed from the
🔥The magazine Sex&Psychedelics is looking for contributions for their Volume 3 dedicated to ecosexuality.🔥
This can be in written form (essays, interviews, prose, poetry, autobiographical reflection, more or less 1000 words maximum) or visual artistic production.
The deadline for
This can be in written form (essays, interviews, prose, poetry, autobiographical reflection, more or less 1000 words maximum) or visual artistic production.
The deadline for
December 11, 2024 at 5:21 PM
🔥The magazine Sex&Psychedelics is looking for contributions for their Volume 3 dedicated to ecosexuality.🔥
This can be in written form (essays, interviews, prose, poetry, autobiographical reflection, more or less 1000 words maximum) or visual artistic production.
The deadline for
This can be in written form (essays, interviews, prose, poetry, autobiographical reflection, more or less 1000 words maximum) or visual artistic production.
The deadline for
In the Shanghai subway there are little cartoons to tell people not to smoke cannabis vapes, I'll let you enjoy the cute little policeman, the nasty dealer pig and the different states the substance is likely to plunge you into, from mild euphoria to anger, then
December 4, 2024 at 8:58 AM
In the Shanghai subway there are little cartoons to tell people not to smoke cannabis vapes, I'll let you enjoy the cute little policeman, the nasty dealer pig and the different states the substance is likely to plunge you into, from mild euphoria to anger, then
✨I'm in Shanghai for a workshop on psychedelics✨! As usual I won't binge you with photos here so for those interested it's on Instagram story: www.instagram.com/zoe__dubus/p...
December 1, 2024 at 11:13 PM
✨I'm in Shanghai for a workshop on psychedelics✨! As usual I won't binge you with photos here so for those interested it's on Instagram story: www.instagram.com/zoe__dubus/p...