This episode features a panel that I moderated in front of a standing-room-only crowd at the Milken Institute’s Global Conference 2019. It includes a great overview of psychedelic science, investing opportunities, anecdotal personal benefits, legal challenges, and much more. I think it’s one of the more comprehensive panels ever done on the subject. Here are the participants:

Matthew Johnson — Principal Investigator, Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Unit

Ayelet Waldman — Author, A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life

Robin Carhart-Harris — Head of Psychedelic Research, Centre for Psychedelic Research, Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London

Christian Angermayer — Founder, Apeiron Investment Group and ATAI Life Sciences

Please enjoy!

00:00 Start
03:25 An encouraging psychedelics story
06:02 The key to responsible research
(Link to download Matthew's slides can be found in the Show Notes section at https://tim.blog/2019/07/15/psychedel...)
07:21 Effect on mental health and addiction
12:17 Effects of microdosing
16:48 How psychedelics work
21:37 Bringing psychedelics back into the legal realm
28:16 Treating PTSD with MDMA
31:41 Potential toxicity
37:33 Effect on opioid addiction
40:45 On diagnostic categories
45:48 Prescription vs. over-the-counter
47:04 Decriminalization and the psychedelic spa
47:59 The Netherlands problem
48:39 A sustainable business model
52:54 How to reclassify psychedelic drugs
59:16 Hopes for the future

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