#049 - Psilocybin: Do Magic Bullets Taste Like Mushrooms? (Prof. Roland Griffiths)

Roland Griffiths, Ph.D. is Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurosciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where he conducts pioneering research into the psychological and therapeutic effects of the hallucinogen psilocybin, a naturally occurring psychedelic compound produced in psilocybin mushrooms, known colloquially as magic mushrooms.

In today’s episode we explore the origin and history of psilocybin research, what it looks like to experiment with psychedelics in a clinical setting, the nature of the hallucinations experienced by participants, and the potential for psilocybin to produce long term, clinically significant reductions in depression and anxiety, along with increases in quality of life, life meaning, and optimism, with just one single dose.

*** BOOKS MENTIONED ***

"Man's Search For Meaning" by Viktor Frankl: https://amzn.to/2H2ZYT0

"Sapiens" by Yuval Noah Harari: https://amzn.to/2IhSHyo

"Feeling Good" by David Burns: https://amzn.to/2H32NUb

"Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life" by Stephen Hayes: https://amzn.to/2pWQh0h

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