Purple Haze to popping pills: The evolution of party drugs

Gillian McNally, News Corp Australia

“The brown acid circulating around us isn’t any good … it’s your own trip so be my guest, but please be advised there’s a warning on that one, okay?”

That laissez-faire drug warning remains a defining moment of Woodstock, the 1969 event that set the benchmark for all music festivals to come…

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Swan, who co-founded the Reason Party with partner Fiona Patten, is a long-time advocate for the decriminalisation of cannabis and “sensible” drug policy.

He believes in 50 years of festivals and drug use, prohibition has ignored one uncomfortable reality. People take drugs because they enjoy it, and for some, the experience is “very meaningful”.

Read the full article on the Townsville Bulletin website.