Carl Turney
The Social Interrelationships Between Straight and Stoned Sub-cultures
A bird's-eye overview of the ways that societies have related overall to intoxicating substances, are relating to them, and could relate to them in the future. From intoxicants being key to core cultural values, through to users being harshly persecuted, this offers a critical analysis of the successes, failures, tactics, and strategies of contemporary promoters of legalisation and regulation, as well as an equally critical analysis of the prohibitionist position. A variety of new public relations and lobbying frameworks, for the pro-entheogenisis community, will be presented for consideration, analysis, and discussion.
Carl has harvested, consumed, and/or cultivated well over 40 different species of psychoactive vegetation in Moscow, California, Uzbekistan, Oregon, West Australia, New Zealand and other places, since 1975. He has been the State Coordinator of NORML for both Oregon and West Australia. He was the co-founder of Mini Ethnobotanica Victoria, the predecessor to Entheogenesis Australis. His six degrees, diplomas, and certificates cover surgical theatre nursing, public policy, business management, education, and training. He is committed to polyfidelity and is the head of Mensa in Christchurch, New Zealand.