The psychedelic renaissance
What happens when familiar ways of seeing ourselves shift? I explore that question through research, experience and conversations about the mind.
I am not a doctor or a therapist. If you live with depression or anxiety, please treat this as information to take to your therapist or doctor, not as advice.
Why I work on this
This is no longer only a story about illegal drugs. Research, serious investment and legal paths under professional supervision are changing the conversation.
Psychedelics are also part of my interest in the mind: what happens when familiar ways of seeing ourselves and the world shift, and how we make sense of those experiences afterwards. I bring the same curiosity and willingness to question my own assumptions to this area as I do to my other work.
People use psychedelics under professional supervision to work through difficulties or to understand themselves more deeply, and more and more money is going into research.
- In the United States, LSD could be approved as a treatment for anxiety as early as 2027 (New Scientist).
- In the Netherlands, magic mushrooms are illegal but psilocybin truffles are not, so a retreat there can take place within the law.
Cura Cura
I am an adviser to Cura Cura. If you want to learn more or are considering a retreat, they are the people to talk to. Every retreat begins with a screening, which is also a chance to learn more about yourself.
Sources I trust
In the media
- Who is holding the container?, Psychedelia-Stiftung, October 2026
- ADHD, dopamín a kritické myslenie: Otvorený rozhovor s Martinom Poliačikom, Na Gauči s Nasklee #140 / Bližšie, December 2025 (in Slovak)
- Tri prikázania šamana a mozgová hmla (časť 2), Čistý chaos #22, August 2024 (in Slovak)
- Jeho zaujímavý život, psychedeliká a kritické myslenie, MC Stories #72, January 2022 (in Slovak)
- Všetko, čo ste chceli vedieť o Aaronovi Rodgersovi a ayahuasce! Preseason week 2 a ako na draft!, 3 a von!, August 2022 (in Slovak)
- Bol som na psychedelickom kongrese, jedol som hubové rizoto a počúval debatovať Poliačika o šamanoch, Denník N, July 2017 (in Slovak)
- Interview with Slovakian intellectual Martin Poliacik on the drug war and Ukraine, Antony Loewenstein, June 2022
- Drogy, rozvody a registrované partnerstvá budeme riešiť, keď budeme mať moc veci meniť, SITA / WebNoviny, April 2017 (in Slovak)
- Marijuana in Slovakia, Radio Slovakia International, March 2014
- Na marihuanu nikto nikdy nezomrel, Aktuality.sk, May 2011 (in Slovak)
- Válka proti drogám: Blýská se nad Tatrou na lepší časy?, Legalizace, issue 47 (in Czech)
Where shall we take this?
Tell me what you would like to explore. If we have met, remind me where. I’ll reply personally. You can also write to hello@poliacik.ai.