Thank you again for speaking with us, Professor Nutt. What current research and frontiers are you exploring at Imperial College London? Well, I’m very excited about three things. One is that we’ve just finished the first MDMA and alcoholism study—a safety,...
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating condition that countless trauma survivors, soldiers and veterans have to live with every day. Conventional treatments for overcoming PTSD are notoriously ineffective, often involving a slew of powerful...
Take an incredible journey through the history, chemistry and societal impacts of the world’s most extraordinary drugs on ‘Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia’, Tuesday nights at 8.30PM on SBS VICELAND. Catch up anytime via SBS On Demand In 2016,...
The decision to take iboga, a psychedelic that comes from the roots of the African Tabernanthe iboga plant, was not one I took lightly. A friend first recommended it about a year ago as a way to treat my insomnia, cystitis, muscle twitches, heart palpitations, and...
A recent mushrooms-and-MDMA trip wasn’t elucidating in the way I’d hoped it might be. I chose to record myself doing psychedelics with a guide, hoping that when I listened back, I’d hear myself having major breakthroughs. What this actually sounded like, when I...
HE WASN’T the first person to say it, and he probably won’t be the last, but Tom Insel’s accusation carried extra weight thanks to his job title: director of the US National Institute of Mental Health. Towards the end of his 13-year tenure, Insel began publicly...
