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April 18, 2023

Why do digital nomads love psychedelics so much?

Enthusiasm for psychedelics and the digital nomad lifestyle often go hand in hand, as people travel the world in search of a trip


Tim Smith

6 min read

Bettina Wittmann

Digital nomads who love psychedelics all inevitably come up against the same conundrum — it’s great to travel the world finding new ways to experience these mind-bending substances, but it can be hard to keep up with the wildly varying legal differences between jurisdictions. 

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Bettina Wittmann practises a spot of meditation atop a mountain
Bettina Wittmann practises a spot of meditation atop a mountain
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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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