We’re all just trying to figure out what this world and this life are all about and do our best at living well. At least I know I am!
But wouldn’t it be nice to have a little help when it comes to recovering from traumas, treating anxiety and depression, understanding spirituality on a new level, successfully overcoming addiction, and even reducing our fear of death?
Well, research and clinical trials in the field of psychedelics is showing we can.
This week on The Broken Brain Podcast, Dhru interviews Dr. Roland Griffiths, a Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurosciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Griffiths’ principal research focus in both clinical and preclinical laboratories has been on the behavioral and subjective effects of mood-altering drugs.
His research has been largely supported by grants from the National Institute of Health and he is the author of over 360 journal articles and book chapters. In 1999 he initiated a research program at Johns Hopkins investigating the effects of the classic hallucinogen psilocybin that includes studies of psilocybin-occasioned mystical-type experiences in healthy volunteers, psilocybin-facilitated treatment of psychological distress in cancer patients, psilocybin-facilitated treatment of cigarette smoking cessation, psilocybin effects in beginning and long-term meditators, and psilocybin effects in religious leaders.
As Dr. Giffiths shares his wealth of experience in the field, it’s clear that psychedelics have been completely under-recognized for their medicinal potential for decades. Now, doctors, scientists, and even world-renowned institutions like Johns Hopkins are seeing the value in researching the therapeutic benefits they have to offer.
It’s especially intriguing to hear that many trial participants feel their psychedelic experience was one of the most memorable and powerful of their lives, months after their session. There’s something big here.
Psychedelics have gotten a bad rap for so long, find out why that should change in this fascinating conversation with an expert on the subject, Dr. Roland Griffiths.
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