“It’s a myth that psychedelics are dangerous” | Professor David Nutt meets Will Self скачать в хорошем качестве

“It’s a myth that psychedelics are dangerous” | Professor David Nutt meets Will Self

Why are Veterans with PTSD are going to shamans instead of doctors? Could magic mushrooms may be better than SSRI antidepressants? Is caffeine a placebo? From ayahuasca to Benzodiazepines, LSD to cannabis, Professor David Nutt is at the forefront of drug research. Will Self, meanwhile, has "taken every drug [Professor Nutt] has ever researched”, and in Part 1 of this exclusive conversation, they speak about everything from brains to faddism, Amanda Feilding to railroads. #psychedelics #Drugwar #opiatecrisis #legalise Professor David Nutt is the Edmond J Safra chair in Neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London and director of the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit in the Division of Brain Sciences there. He is the chairman and founder of Drug Science, patron of 'My Death My Decision’, and is the author of 'Drugs Without the Hot Air: Minimising the Harms of Legal and Illegal Drugs’ and ‘Drink? The New Science of Alcohol and your health’. He has been featured on Newsnight, the Institute of Art and Ideas, Ross Kemp TV, London Real, Tedx, Triggernometry and Novara Media. David will be joined in conversation today by Will Self - award-winning author and Professor of Contemporary Thought at Brunel University. Will has written openly about his history with drug use, most notably in his recent memoir simply titled ‘Will’ – but his other works include: Cock and Bull (1992), Dorian, an Imitation (2002), The Book of Dave (2006), Umbrella (2012), Shark (2014), Phone (2017), The Quantity Theory of Insanity (1991), Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys (1998), and Dr. Mukti and Other Tales of Woe (2004), among others. Click SUBSCRIBE for weekly videos featuring the world's most influential people. Welcome to The How To Academy: The Home of Big Thinking. From Nobel laureates to Pulitzer Prize winners, we invite the world’s most influential artists and thinkers to share their insights and ideas in livestreams and live events. We also help businesses inspire clients and staff, and make books, podcasts and films to spread knowledge and innovation across the globe. Visit https://howtoacademy.com/ for our upcoming events.