Descriptive assemblage of psychedelic microdosing: Netnographic study of Youtube™ videos and on-going research projects
Performance Enhancement & Health April 2, 2019 Aleksi Hupli, Moritz Berning, Ahnjili Zhuparris et al. 29 citations
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Aleksi Hupli
3 papers in the library · 29 citations · publishing 2019-2025
Papers
From Science to Pleasure: Justifications of the Use of Classic Psychedelics in Finland.
Nordisk Alkohol Nark December 30, 2025 Mika Tsupari, Aleksi Hupli
Finnish psychedelics users justify their use through a wide range of moral and personal logics, drawing on almost all of Boltanski and Thévenot's justification frameworks except market-based reasoning. An additional 'world of self' was identified to capture justifications tied to personal experiences, including pleasure. Users distinguished psychedelics from other drugs and offered justifications spanning personal to societal levels and spiritual to technological themes. Their reasoning was shaped by the new wave of psychedelic research, self-experienced benefits, and individualism. Positive effects included euphoria and other positive feelings, even when use was for self-development or self-medication. The findings suggest that recreational and positive aspects are important to users and may be integral to therapeutic benefits.
The holistic effects of medical cannabis compared to opioids on pain experience in Finnish patients with chronic pain
March 30, 2023 Jussi Jylkkä, Aleksi Hupli, Aleksandra Nikolaeva et al. preprint
Medical cannabis and opioids are perceived as equally effective at reducing pain intensity, but medical cannabis additionally improves emotion, functionality, and overall sense of wellbeing. A survey of Finnish chronic pain patients compared 40 medical cannabis users with 161 opioid users. After matching for confounding factors, medical cannabis users scored higher on positive emotional effects (large effect) and holistic positive effects (medium effect), with no difference in negative side effects. This supports the idea that medical cannabis alters the pain experience more holistically rather than only targeting pain intensity.