Psychedelic Injustice

How Identity Politics Poisons the Psychedelic Renaissance

Thomas Hatsis

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Pitchstone Publishing
23 September 2025

Pharmacology

Psychedelic Injustice brings two once-separate culture wars-

critical social justice and mainstreaming psychedelia-

into focus and explores how the rhetoric of the former hinders the promise of the latter.

Much as we see in the larger mainstream culture, the impact of critical social justice within psychedelia has resulted in falling academic standards, name-calling, bullying, and ostracizing anyone who does not submit to ""

approved""

critical social justice rhetoric.

Dealing with three broad social topics (decolonization, race, and gender),

Psychedelic Injustice

questions the very institutions (within and without psychedelia) that push divisive narratives while also imploring a message of hope and unity in the psychedelic Renaissance.

Psychedelic Injustice is not a ""

call out""

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rather, it is a call to unity. Through personal experiences, rigorous scholarship, and an eye for nuance,

Psychedelic Injustice

serves as a much-needed and long-overdue counterpoint to the highly questionable, disunifying narratives found throughout modern psychedelia.

By: Thomas Hatsis
Imprint: Pitchstone Publishing
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 498g
ISBN: 9781634312783
ISBN 10: 1634312783
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 23 September 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Thomas Hatsis is a public speaker, psychedelic community leader, and author of four books in the field of psychedelic history and practice, including The Witches' Ointment. He is also the cofounder of a vibrant psychedelic society, Psanctum, and has the honor of having received the last thirty-four boxes of the Timothy Leary archive to catalogue, digitize, and preserve. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

Reviews for Psychedelic Injustice: How Identity Politics Poisons the Psychedelic Renaissance

""Is there anything critical social justice does not poison or destroy? No, as it turns out--not even psychedelics. Conservatives might have a wholly confused and deeply misguided view toward psychedelic medicine, but at least they're not rewriting psychedelic history, ruining psychedelic culture, and corrupting psychedelic practice. As a well-traveled psychenaut and accomplished psychedelic historian, Tom Hatsis is better positioned than just about anyone to expose the damage done by critical social justice ideology to the psychedelic Renaissance--and to offer a clear and unifying vision that celebrates psychedelics as a potential to expand minds, improve mental health, and connect individuals in ways that transcend material differences and divides."" --Peter Boghossian, Founder, National Progress Alliance