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In this episode, we meet with Dr Karenza Moore as she discusses changes in drug trends in the UK, focusing on the motivations, risks, and patterns of drug use, particularly among young people. Karenza identifies trends in drug use, including the impact of the lockdown on substance abuse. She also examines various drug trends within dance music culture, which leads to a discussion of safer partying practices, with a particular focus on the LGBT community and the importance of staying safe during a night out. Finally she addresses the challenges of conducting research in this area and outlines strategies for overcoming these barriers to gain a comprehensive understanding of substance use.
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In this episode, Prof Nutt meets with Rose Cartwright as she discusses the impact of psychedelics on her Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). She reflects on some of the common misconceptions around OCD as well as the impact diagnosis and traditional treatment had on her life. Throughout the episode, she reflects on her own psychedelic experiences, mistakes made along the way and the steps she would have taken differently going into this with the knowledge she has today.
Rose Cartwright is a screenwriter whose memoir, Pure, about her life with intrusive sexual thoughts, was adapted for Channel 4. Her revolutionary new memoir, The Maps We Carry, reveals how the failure of the mental health system to cure her OCD led her to radical action. While she explored her trauma through a series of mind-bending psychedelic trips, she began to interrogate our dominant medical paradigm. Her writing about psychedelics, consciousness and mental health has also been published in The Face, Vice and the Guardian. Rose is a writer on the Netflix adaptation of Liu Cixin’s The Three Body Problem.
The Maps We Carry
Rose Cartwright
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Bulimia
PTSD
Pure
Intrusive thoughts
Psychodynamic therapy
Person centred therapy
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In this episode, we meet with Satya, a consciousness activist, who has been entirely dedicated to the expansion and evolution of human consciousness for 15 years. Throughout this time, she has facilitated retreats for over 63,000 people around the world, with profound processes of transformation. Satya is the founder of Working With Satya and of the Awareness Facilitator School, that is currently training facilitators with the method she has developed, uniting modern therapies with science, meditation and ancient wisdom.
She discusses the process of her work through a wide range of transformational processes, with a special focus on combining ancient rituals with contemporary therapeutic techniques. Satya shares how her personal healing journey, following sexual abuse, led her to discover the transformative power of Ayahuasca. Inspired by this experience, she became passionate about sharing this sacred medicine and supporting others on their own paths to healing.
Working With Psilocybin - Training Course
Ayahuasca
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mescaline
Working with Satya
Ayahuasca retreat
Trauma
PTSD in Veterans
Indigenous ethics in psychedelic work
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In this episode, we meet with Prof Susanne MacGregor and Prof Karen Duke to explore the issues surrounding drug use in prisons. They discuss the ways vulnerable inmates can be targeted by gangs, as well as how various aspects of the prison environment can increase the potential harms of psychoactive substances.
The risk matrix: Drug-related deaths in prisons in England and Wales, 2015–2020
Responding to ‘wicked problems’: policy and governance on drug-related deaths in English and Welsh prisons, 2015-2020
Producing the ‘problem’ of new psychoactive substances (NPS) in English prisons
‘Keeping a lid on it’: Exploring ‘problematisations’ of prescribed medication in prisons in the UK
'Risk, Intoxication and Death: contemporary media framings of drug-related deaths
ACMD report: ageing cohort of drug users
City roads
PPO
Pregabalin
Cannabis
Synthetic cannabis
Ecstasy
Heroin
HIV
Fentanyl
ADHD
Rory Stewart 10 Prisons Project
Antisocial personality disorder
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In this episode, David Nutt meets with Dr Duncan Still, a GP with significant interest in integrative medicine. He highlights the importance of adopting a holistic approach when providing support for patients and connecting traditional medicine with modern medicine as opposed to discounting it. Duncan explains how this holistic and integrative approach led to him becoming involved in psychedelic retreats and explains the process participants will undergo.
PsyEduUK
Acupuncture
Psilocybin
MDMA
Australia MDMA and psilocybin
Mind medicine Australia
Nature connectedness
James Hawkins
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In this episode we meet with Dr Apo Aporosa
He discusses his unconventional route to his PhD, having not finished school and joined the Army followed by the police only to break into academia at a masters level and continuing studies from there.
Apo talks about his PTSD diagnosis and his subsequent journey with Kava, a spiritual drink consumed in Fijian culture. He discusses the affect this had in treating his PTSD symptoms as well as it facilitating his work overcoming his trauma. In this episode, Apo explains cultural aspects of the Kava experience.
Finally, Apo discusses methods of translating Kava into the medical field without impacting on its traditional and cultural uses. as well as its position of legality within the UK.
Kava Drug information
What is Kava?
Kava Myths and Misunderstandings
PTSD
PTSD in Veterans
Fijian Kava Ceremoney
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In this episode, Kate Hayes reflects on her experiences with the LSD Microdot Gang, drawing upon her interactions and experiences with Dr. Christine Bott and Richard Kemp. She addresses Richard and Christine’s aspiration to bring about positive change in the world using LSD which led to their eventual arrest following involvement in an LSD production and distribution network. At the time, however it was not uncommon for there to be a separation from LSD funders and manufacturers with distributors and dealers. Kate, therefore, further reflects on her own personal experiences with having fallen victim to the drug trade and trafficking at a young age and how this impacted on her experiences going forwards. Kate further reflects on the historical issues in treating mental health conditions and the current limitations of this, drawing further upon Christine and Richards aspirations for LSD.
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Carl Rogers
Carl Rogers 2
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Cannabis
Albert Hoffman
University Occupation for Palestine
March on Washington
Martin Luther king
Death of the Family, David Cooper
PTSD
Gabor Mate
Josef Rael
History of The Club of Rome
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In this episode we meet with Dr Julie Holland.
She discussed how MDMA influenced her career and inspired her to investigate its therapeutic potential. Controversially, she has investigated the effect of MDMA in schizophrenia and its potential in preventing paranoia and inhibiting auditory hallucinations during its effects.
Dr Holland touches upon debate subjects such as the likelihood of addiction following consumption of MDMA as well as classifications of various substances under regulatory bodies.
Finally, Dr Holland highlights the ‘alpha bias’ in current clinical research as expressed through her book ‘moody bitches’ and indicates the implications this could have.
Moody Bitches Book
Good Chemistry book
Maps
Mdma
Mescaline
PCP
LSD
Cannabis
Fentanyl
Benzodiazapines
Ketamine
Psilocybin
Psilocybin psychotherapy
Schizophrenia
Anxiety
PTSD
Eating Disorders
Rosalind Watts
Norman Ohler
Telehealth Ketamine Study
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In this episode, we meet with Dr. Suresh Muthukumaraswamy, an Associate Professor of Pharmacy in Auckland. Dr. Muthukumaraswamy discusses his early research, exploring the functional connectivity of substances like DMT and Ketamine. He proceeds to share insights into his breakthrough realisation regarding the disparity between the self-reported success of microdosing outside the lab setting and why it has failed to be replicated in controlled research settings. Finally, he shares his opinions on recent developments of drug policy in Australia and the prospects of New Zealand adopting a similar policy.
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LSD
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EEG
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Microdosing
Neuroplasticity
Endocrine
Menstural Cycle Hormones
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Research
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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.
Dopamine
Dopaminergic system
Executive function
Episodic memory
Brain imaging
Lesion Study
Pet scanner
Temporal resolution
Fmri
MRI
Receptors
neurons
Blood Brain Barrier
Ketamine
Cocaine
Psilocybin
Schizophrenia
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