Dr. Roland R. Griffiths is a clinical pharmacologist at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Griffiths has been researching mood-altering compounds for over 40 years, has published over 360 times, and started the psilocybin research program at Johns Hopkins nearly 2 decades ago.

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Chapters from this 1 hour 15 minute conversation:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:02:05 - Psilocybin's mind-altering abilities
00:10:52 - Anxiety and depression
00:13:00 - Historical psilocybin research
00:14:32 - Anxiety & depression
00:20:52 - Neurogenesis & PTSD
00:23:08 - Ketamine
00:26:33 - Psilocybin's mechanism of action
00:32:12 - "The hard problem of consciousness"
00:38:15 - Smoking cessation
00:45:08 - Risks and Safety
00:51:45 - Dosage
01:00:00 - Meditation
01:05:18 - Heat therapy & mood
01:08:23 - Salvinorin A, ayahuasca and peyote

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