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...
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... 🩵
🔞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
have an account of their experience, but according to Anais Nin it was great 🤗Janiger was also one of the first Westerners to study the effects of DMT. In particular, he administered it to the poet Allan Watts, known in these circles for talking non-stop for hours on end under LSD or psilocybin... 😆
February 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
have an account of their experience, but according to Anais Nin it was great 🤗Janiger was also one of the first Westerners to study the effects of DMT. In particular, he administered it to the poet Allan Watts, known in these circles for talking non-stop for hours on end under LSD or psilocybin... 😆
her home (yes, there was no control at all at the time over the substance). So here we have the information sheets just before taking the product. The woman is 33, the man 38, they are both GREAT composers of electro music, pioneers in the field (I've anonymized, I don't know
February 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
her home (yes, there was no control at all at the time over the substance). So here we have the information sheets just before taking the product. The woman is 33, the man 38, they are both GREAT composers of electro music, pioneers in the field (I've anonymized, I don't know
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...
✨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
from her college for the group 😄
The movie is in the public domain so freely available here: archive.org/details/Alic...
The movie is in the public domain so freely available here: archive.org/details/Alic...
December 20, 2024 at 8:40 PM
from her college for the group 😄
The movie is in the public domain so freely available here: archive.org/details/Alic...
The movie is in the public domain so freely available here: archive.org/details/Alic...
When she takes the LSD, the film switches to color (it's more psychedelic and less sex), but at the end, as there has to be a moral for it to be shown, we learn that one of the girls committed suicide 🙄, and the chick is now perverted and recruits wise little virgin students
December 20, 2024 at 8:40 PM
When she takes the LSD, the film switches to color (it's more psychedelic and less sex), but at the end, as there has to be a moral for it to be shown, we learn that one of the girls committed suicide 🙄, and the chick is now perverted and recruits wise little virgin students
smokes cannabis with the group, which gives rise to 20 minutes of erotic scenes, particularly lesbian ones. I'll just put the funny moralisatrice voice-over here:
December 20, 2024 at 8:40 PM
smokes cannabis with the group, which gives rise to 20 minutes of erotic scenes, particularly lesbian ones. I'll just put the funny moralisatrice voice-over here:
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
an outreach worker:
December 16, 2024 at 5:51 PM
an outreach worker:
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
length and openly about her LSD use, but maybe it just didn't seem interesting to her. In any case, I found a photo of her in 1958, three years after her first LSD experience (she's 55), at a "Come as your madness" party, and it was a lot
December 14, 2024 at 3:43 PM
length and openly about her LSD use, but maybe it just didn't seem interesting to her. In any case, I found a photo of her in 1958, three years after her first LSD experience (she's 55), at a "Come as your madness" party, and it was a lot
pharmacopoeia in 1953, not for political or moral reasons, but precisely because it was no longer used).
The problem is that, apart from one of her biographers, no one talks about this use. I find the book, I find the footnote, it's an abbreviation, I find the abbreviation: "indicates unpublished
The problem is that, apart from one of her biographers, no one talks about this use. I find the book, I find the footnote, it's an abbreviation, I find the abbreviation: "indicates unpublished
December 14, 2024 at 3:43 PM
pharmacopoeia in 1953, not for political or moral reasons, but precisely because it was no longer used).
The problem is that, apart from one of her biographers, no one talks about this use. I find the book, I find the footnote, it's an abbreviation, I find the abbreviation: "indicates unpublished
The problem is that, apart from one of her biographers, no one talks about this use. I find the book, I find the footnote, it's an abbreviation, I find the abbreviation: "indicates unpublished
🪴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