Matthew Johnson, graced by the psychedelic Gods with regulatory approval and grants from the US Federal government, has been studying psychedelics with fervour as they are his pharmacological passion. Jason Najum of Microdose Psychedelic Insights takes us on a wild ride of an interview that may or may not end in Jason's microdose turning him into a cat.
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Matthew JohnsonSusan Hill Ward Professor of Psychedelics and Consciousness
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Matthew W. Johnson, Ph.D., is The Susan Hill Ward Endowed Professor of Psychedelics and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Working with psychedelics since 2004, he is one of the world’s most widely published experts on psychedelics. He has published over 150 scientific papers, including psychedelic safety guidelines (2008) that helped to resurrect human psychedelic research, first research on psychedelic treatment of tobacco addiction (2014), and studies of psilocybin in cancer-related distress (2016) and depression (2020). His psilocybin review recommended Schedule IV upon potential medical approval (2018). Matt also conducts behavioral economic research on the psychology of addiction and sexual risk. He is a past President of the Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse Division of the American Psychological Association, and current President of the International Society for Research on Psychedelics. In 2021 Matt received as principal investigator the first grant awarded by the US government in 50 years for a treatment trial of a classic psychedelic (psilocybin for smoking cessation). He has been interviewed by Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the BBC, CNN, Fox Business News, NPR, and in Michael Pollan’s book How to Change Your Mind.
Twitter: @Drug_Researcher