Opioid drugs can be powerfully effective treatments for those in pain, but they can also be extremely dangerous. This episode explores how opioids can lead to dependence, abuse and addiction, and the effects that opioid abuse have had in America. The episode explores...
Robin Carhart-Harris has been conducting pioneering brain imaging studies of psychedelics for depression. Most recently, he has completed the first phase of a clinical trial looking at the potential of psilocybin to treat depression, and his talk looks at how these...
Those new to working with psychedelic medicines often hope that just taking the substance will be enough to achieve good plant medicine integration. They fantasize that they will find a simple and magical solution to complicated issues in their life. And while...
Psychedelics are saving lives worldwide. Numerous studies show these substances are non-neurotoxic, non-addictive and are having profound effects curing some of the most stubborn mental health disorders by helping people purge bottled up trauma. MDMA is curing...
The profound impact of LSD on the brain has been laid bare by the first modern scans of people high on the drug. LSD can be seen as reversing the more restricted thinking we develop from infancy to adulthood and could pave the way for it or related chemicals to be...
