Plant Psychedelics in the English Courts: legal uncertainty & “dog law”.
Charlotte Walsh
16 November 2011. 18:00. Darwin Lecture Theatre 1
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Human ingestion of psychedelic plants is thought to stretch from pre-history to the present; in more recent epochs such rituals have been shadowed by attempts at their suppression. This talk looks at the latest efforts to stamp out this praxis on these shores … and what those of us committed to fighting for our cognitive liberty can do about it.
Charlotte Walsh is a legal academic whose research focus is on psychedelics and the law, viewed from a libertarian, human rights based perspective. She is a founder member of Drug Equality Alliance – an organisation that campaigns for equal rights and protection of all drug users – and is involved in advising individuals prosecuted for activities involving plant psychedelics.