Michelle Lhooq
- Michelle Lhooq is a music and drugs journalist, and author of the stoner cult classic, WEED: Everything You Want to Know But Are Always Too Stoned to Ask (Penguin Random House). She writes a Substack newsletter called Rave New World, and throws an epic party called Weed Rave. After studying Comparative Literature at Columbia University, Lhooq was a music editor at VICE in NYC from 2014-2017, covering raves and global nightlife. Since moving to Los Angeles, her writing has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, New York Magazine, GQ, and others. She has been interviewed in PAPER, i-D, Out, and Study Hall. Lhooq's work is centered on the themes of counterculture and political autonomy—through the critical lens of underground parties, street protests, and psychedelics. You can subscribe to her newsletter, and follow her escapades on Instagram and Twitter.
Latest Articles
Art + Culture
Inside Shroom Rave: A Radical Experiment in Post-Alcohol Partying
Welcome to a new era of holistic hedonism
KETAMINE
Companies Are Mailing Patients Ketamine—But Not Everyone Is On Board
At-home ketamine is the latest psychedelic trend, but does this mail-order therapy make psychedelics more accessible—or riskier?
Art + Culture
Amsterdam’s Last Shroom Lounge
People have been tripping here under the radar for almost two decades.
Art + Culture
Inside Detroit’s Notorious “Psychedelic Healing Shack”
Allegations of abuse surround, perhaps, the trippiest place in America's suburbs
Other Psychedelics
WTF is 3-MMC, Berlin’s Weird New Club Drug?
Introducing the latest trending synthetic
FEATURES
Are Ketamine Clinics Paving the Way for Legal Psychedelic Therapy?
The proliferation of ketamine clinics around the country could offer a model for other psychedelic therapy clinics in the future. Here's what it's like on the inside.
FEATURES
Remembering the Late Michael Alig, King of the Club Kids, Ex-Con Killer… And Unconventional Psychedelic Pioneer
The 54-year-old nightclub fixture pioneered NYC rave culture, but struggled with his own demons—drug addiction and the murder of drug dealer Angel Melendez, among them.
FEATURES
Remembering the Late Michael Alig, King of the Club Kids, Ex-Con Killer… And Unconventional Psychedelic Pioneer
The 54-year-old nightclub fixture pioneered NYC rave culture, but struggled with his own demons—drug addiction and the murder of drug dealer Angel Melendez, among them.
