"Psychedelics Force You to Ask: What Does it Mean to be a Human?"| Interview with DAVID NICHOLS, PhD at ICPR 2022

"Psychedelics Force You to Ask: What Does it Mean to be a Human?"| Interview with DAVID NICHOLS, PhD at ICPR 2022

DAVID NICHOLS, PHD is Professor of Pharmacology at Purdue University and Co-founder of the Heffter Research Institute in the USA. Recorded at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research (ICPR) 2022, in Haarlem, The Netherlands.

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Questions: 0:00 Intro 0:05 What are psychedelics? How do they affect our brain? 3:42 Why are the Serotonin 2A receptors responsible for the effects of psychedelics? 5:39 According to the 'stoned ape theory', the use of psychedelics contributed to us becoming human. Do you agree with this theory? 6:29 What brought you into this field? 7:49 Is Ketamine a psychedelic? 9:20 Why are psychedelics not addictive? Why do people develop tolerance so fast? 11:07 You synthesised several new psychoactive substances. Can you highlight a few of them? 13:41 Can new psychoactive substances have a bigger therapeutic potential, than traditional substances? 15:00 Is there a risk that this hype around psychedelics backfires and there will be disappointments later? 17:27 What are the main challenges of making psychedelics part of the mainstream health care system? 18:22 Is there a danger that 'Big Money' distorts the study of psychedelics?

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