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The Drug Science Podcast

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  • Professor David Nutt has spent a career making the argument for a rational, evidence-based approach to drug policy and drug use. The scientific evidence still challenges perceived wisdom on drugs and for that reason can appear to be contentious. In this podcast, the Professor explores the actual harms and potential benefits of various drugs, challenging myths surrounding classification and legislation, and exploring the societal impact of poorly informed drug policy. Using evidence in public policy should not be controversial. A podcast for anyone interested in understanding the scientific truth about drugs, free from political or moral concern.
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Episodes
  • 103. Neuroimaging with Prof Mitul Mehta

    103. Neuroimaging with Prof Mitul Mehta
    May 8 2024
    Professor Mitul Mehta explains how his studies in neuroscience and the role of dopamine in learning and memory led to his own career in neuroimaging. He offers an overview of what neuroimaging entails and how these scans can contribute to the advancement of research. Drawing from his latest research centred around Schizophrenia, Mitul delves into our understanding of drug interactions within the brain and how these can be used in drug development.DopamineDopaminergic systemExecutive functionEpisodic memoryBrain imagingLesion StudyPet scannerTemporal resolutionFmriMRIReceptorsneuronsBlood Brain BarrierKetamineCocainePsilocybinSchizophrenia
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • 102. MDMA and the Octopus with Dr Gül Dölen

    102. MDMA and the Octopus with Dr Gül Dölen
    Apr 24 2024

    In this episode, Prof Neill and Dr Thurgur meet with Dr Gül Dölen, a neuroscientist known for studying social behaviour and psychedelic drugs. Together, they explore the role of critical periods in trauma and mental health; following the potential of Psychedelics in reopening critical periods which were previously thought to be closed, they debate whether a critical period closing is ever truly permanent.

    Critical period

    Sensitive period

    Lorenz 1935

    MDMA

    cocaine

    Oxytocin

    Ibogaine

    psilocybin

    Theory of mind

    Albert Hofmann

    Schizophrenia

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • 101. LSD, Nazis and the CIA with Norman Ohler

    101. LSD, Nazis and the CIA with Norman Ohler
    Apr 10 2024

    In this episode, Prof Nutt meets with German author Norman Ohler as he speaks about his new book “Tripped” which addresses drug use in post-Nazi Germany. Ohler shares how a secret history held back therapeutic research of psychedelic drugs for decades and eventually Nazi policies became part of the foundation of America’s War on Drugs. Ohler discusses theories as to why substances have been omitted from certain parts of history. This episode delves into deep debates regarding the weaponisation of substances within war environments, touching upon the CIA’s attempts to weaponise psychedelics such as LSD in their MK Ultra experiments.


    Methamphetamine

    Amphetamine

    Blitzkrieg

    Blitzed – drugs in nazi Germany book

    LSD

    Tripped

    Cocaine

    Albert Hofmann

    Psychedelics David Nutt

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    54 mins
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