Spring 2027

Psychedelic History: Sacred Plants, Science & Psychotherapy

A global history of psychedelics examining psychopharmacology, pharmaceuticals, the war on drugs, consumerism, class, ethnicity, gender, military history, laws, regulations, and drug biographies.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Lucas Richert

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Outline the key theoretical issues in the history and historiographical discussions relevant to psychedelics in biomedicine and society.

  • Describe the role of the psychedelics in treatment settings and as part of indigenous and religious rituals.

  • Analyze and present primary and lay literature; apply knowledge to present problems and situations.

  • Critique and construct tools to help shape new understandings of psychedelic historiography.

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Declared in MS Pharmaceutical Sciences: Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation

  • Declared in MS Pharmaceutical Sciences: Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation
PHMSCI 564

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  • Declared in MS Pharmaceutical Sciences: Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation

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LEC 001Online Only0 / 600

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Student experience

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A history of psychedelics in the U.S. and more globally. Read texts that were formative in the development of the history of psychopharmacology, pharmaceuticals, and the "war on drugs." Examine readings that represent different themes, subfields, or areas of research interest within the history of psychedelics (medicine science). Beyond biomedicine, types of analysis include: consumerism, class, ethnicity, gender, and military history. Histories of laws, regulations, and key historical actors, as well as specific drug biographies, will be provided. Not open to students with credit for PHARMACY 564 prior to fall 2026.

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Topics

  • History of psychopharmacology, pharmaceuticals, and the war on drugs
  • Consumerism, class, ethnicity, gender, and military history analyses
  • Laws, regulations, historical actors, and drug biographies
  • Psychedelics in treatment settings and indigenous/religious rituals

Skills

  • Outlining theoretical issues in psychedelic historiography
  • Describing roles of psychedelics in treatment and rituals
  • Analyzing and presenting primary and lay literature
  • Critiquing and constructing tools for psychedelic historiography

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PHMSCI 564 · Spring 2027

Psychedelic History: Sacred Plants, Science & Psychotherapy

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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