#17 - Psychedelic Capitalists Part 2: Pandemic Profiteers and Non-Cooperative Actors

<div> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brian Normand, David Nickles, and Russell Hausfeld continue their conversation about neoliberals in psychedelia, including companies using the coronavirus pandemic to promote psychedelics for mental health. They also deconstruct non-profit vs. for-profit rhetoric and propose more pragmatic frameworks for examining the implications (and material realities) of psychedelic corporations and their operating structures, such as cooperative vs. non-cooperative.</span></p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/psymposia">Support us on Patreon</a> or make a <a href= "https://www.psymposia.com/donate">tax-deductible donation</a>. </p> <p>*Patrons*</p> <p>Reliable Spores, Houston Puck, Dave Hodges, James Hubbard, Lindsay Munson, Evan Freimuth, Abigail Bianchi, Meghan Kennedy, Dave Ayers, Darrell Duane, Tehseen Noorani, Tariqul Islam, Clifford Hudson, Daniel McQueen, Maryann Kehoe, Yono ohno, Nathan Espinosa, Srikanth Cherla, Bill Harvest, Annick McIntosh, Starbuck, Anne Sagewood, Aaron Williams, Jenine Innes, Julia A, Jesse Liberty, Christian Dawley, Leon Boroditsky, Samy Tammam, Amanda Alexander</p> <p><strong>**Corporadelic</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: a six part series by Russell Hausfeld on the intersection of psychedelics and capitalism, and the early investors making it happen.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><a href= "https://www.psymposia.com/magazine/calm-down-whats-the-worst-thing-that-the-wellness-industry-could-do-to-psychedelics/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Calm Down. What’s the Worst Thing that the Wellness Industry Could do to Psychedelics?</span></a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.psymposia.com/magazine/talking-psychedelic-capitalism-in-a-wework-ballroom/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Talking Psychedelic Capitalism in a WeWork Ballroom</span></a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.psymposia.com/magazine/christian-angermayers-atai-life-sciences-is-positioned-to-take-the-psychedelic-throne-from-maps/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">C