SSSP 2024 Annual Meeting

Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Session 013: The Sociology of Psychedelics
Room: Hemon

Sponsor: Drinking and Drugs

Organizer, Presider &

Discussant: Sarah Cullingham, Trent University

Description: 

From medical trials to legally sanctioned therapies and a burgeoning commercial market, we are witnessing a marked shift in the use and availability of psychedelic substances across North America. In this session, authors will present research assembled under the broad theme of "the sociology of psychedelics." Paper topics include the impact of structural inequalities on mental health outcomes associated with psychedelic use, how psychedelic-assisted therapies may offer lessons for re-imagining our health care systems, the relationship between psychedelics and dominator culture, and how regulatory changes in Canada are potentially paving the way for a commercial market of psychedelic-assisted therapies in this country.

Papers:

“Diminished Psychedelic Returns on Distress: Gender and Education,” sean m. vina, University of the Incarnate Word

“Dominator Culture: Violence, Ego, and the Role of Psychedelics,” Fabio Felli and Kaitlin Pericak, North Carolina Wesleyan University

“Special Access Program for Psychedelics: A Regulatory Passage to the Market,” Agnieszka Doll, University of British Columbia