Maciej Lorenc
Polish sociologist

Maciej Zbigniew Lorenc (born 1985) is a sociologist, opinion journalist and translator specializing in psychedelic drugs.
Biography
In 2009 he graduated in sociology from the Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Resocialization at the University of Warsaw.
He was a co-founder of the Polskie Towarzystwo Psychodeliczne (Polish Psychedelic Society). He published in Tygodnik Powszechny, Krytyka Polityczna, Znak and the Polish editions of National Geographic and Focus.
He translated into Polish works by authors such as Albert Hofmann, Stanislav Grof, Michael Pollan, James Fadiman, Alan Watts, Rick Strassman and David Nutt.
Books
Czy psychodeliki uratują świat?. Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej. 2019.
Grzybobranie. Kulturowa historia psylocybiny.
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