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Mattha Busby

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Ravers Tell Us What Actually Happened When EggTek Was Violently Shut Down by Police

“We couldn’t hear any music when we were walking past the houses,” said Amelia*, a 23-year-old who’d driven from London but was forced to hike...

16.04.2026 9

Vice

Mattha Busby

It Always Comes Back to Our Failed War on Drugs

Trotting out rhetoric about drug trafficking was a helpful pretext to remove Maduro in Venezuela — when oil was the real goal. The post It Always...

23.01.2026 20

The Intercept

Mattha Busby

Legalizing Cocaine Is the Only Way to End the Drug War

The war on drugs has failed, and Trump’s deadly boat strikes are only doubling down on decades of failed policy. The post Legalizing Cocaine Is the...

30.11.2025 10

The Intercept

Mattha Busby

They Thought Legal Weed Meant Freedom. Then the Drones Came.

09.09.2025 20

Reason.com

Mattha Busby

Pillheads, Rejoice: There’s a New, Improved Ecstasy

This rare good news item is taken from VICE magazine, v29n2: THE REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL ISSUE. To subscribe to four print issues each year,...

18.08.2025 40

Vice

Mattha Busby

10 Things I Learned Rawdogging a 4-Day Rave Without Booze or Drugs

For 15 years, I’d never raved without the aid of a drug like MDMA, 2CB, or ketamine—or, at the very least, a fridge’s worth of booze. Reduce the...

31.07.2025 30

Vice

Mattha Busby

In England, Women and Children Are Moving in With a Doomsday Cult—and a Man Calling Himself ‘the New Pope’

According to Islamic legend, a messianic figure known as the Mahdi will appear before Judgement Day to vanquish injustice and tyranny, and usher in an...

02.07.2025 10

Vice

Mattha Busby

Who the Hell Is ‘Jacky Jhaj’—the Man Charged Over the Disneyland Pedophile Wedding?

The casting agent had an unusual task to fulfill: they needed to find 100 children, aged from five to 15 years old, to be extras in a...

27.06.2025 20

Vice

Mattha Busby

The VICE Guide to Rock Bottom

This story is from the spring 2025 edition of VICE magazine: THE ROCK BOTTOM ISSUE. To subscribe to receive 4 print issues of our newly relaunched...

03.06.2025 20

Vice

Mattha Busby

The Life and Death of Sean Fitzgerald, Killed ‘Lawfully’ by UK Police

The chainsaw’s whirring teeth made short work of the porch door, and armed officers wearing balaclavas surged into the house in Coventry’s...

22.05.2025 20

Vice

Mattha Busby

This Peruvian Shaman Became a Popstar—Now He’s Accused of Sexual Abuse and Leading a ‘Cult’

Like many who decide to try ayahuasca, 24-year-old Tania was depressed and searching for meaning when she first experienced the plant-based...

15.05.2025 10

Vice

Mattha Busby

No Shame in the Neoshaman: The Deadly Rise and Fall of a Florida Ayahuasca Church

This long-read investigation is taken from VICE magazine, v29n1: THE ROCK BOTTOM ISSUE. To subscribe to four print issues each year, click here....

01.04.2025 10

Vice

Mattha Busby

The Problem With the ‘Magical Children’ of the Telepathy Tapes

Ironically, for a podcast that seems designed to taunt all that is empirically provable, the numbers are the most impressive thing about the Telepathy...

20.03.2025 10

Vice

Mattha Busby