The Drug Science Podcast
Episodes
50. Labour Party with Dan Carden MP
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Carden is a British Labour Party politician serving as the MP for Liverpool Walton since 2017. A self-proclaimed “proud Scouser”, Carden high...
49. Medical Cannabis in the UK with Professor Mike Barnes
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Mike Barnes is a consultant neurologist and an expert cannabis physician. He dedicated his career to the development of neurological rehabil...
48. Liberal Democrats with Norman Baker
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Norman Baker, described by our host, professor Nutt, as “the first and last truly honest politician” is a Liberal Democrat and former MP for Lewes...
47. Psychedelics for Palliative Care with Dr Margaret Ross
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Margaret Ross is a Senior Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist from Melbourne, Australia and the Chief Principal Investigator for Australia’...
46. Human Behaviour with Dame Theresa Marteau
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Theresa Marteau is a British health psychologist, professor, and director of the Behaviour and Health Research Unit at the University of Cambridge. He...
45. Psycholytic therapy with MDMA and LSD with Dr Peter Gasser
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode features Dr Peter Gasser, the president of the Swiss Medical Society for Psycholytic Therapy. Professor Nutt and Dr Gasser talk abo...
44. Ibogaine with Professor Deborah Mash
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the Drug Science podcast, Professor Deborah Mash tells us about Ibogaine. A hallucinogenic compound derived from the roots of a West Afri...
43. Opium, Caffeine and Mescaline with Michael Pollan
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Drug Science Podcast, world-renowned author Michael Pollan and Prof David Nutt discuss gardening.Of course, this being the Drug...
42. Alternatives to Prohibition with Sheila Vakharia and Alex Stevens
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode features Doctor Sheila Vakharia and Professor Alex Stevens, together with Professor Nutt they will be talking about decriminaliz...
41. Couples counselling and MDMA with Annie and Michael Mithoefer
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Mithoefer, MD is a Clinical Investigator and acting Medical Director of MAPS Public Benefit Corporation. Together with his wife Annie, they co...
40. Recovery from the SAS with Ollie Ollerton
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode features Ollie Ollerton, a former UK Special Forces soldier and directing staff (DS) of Channel 4’s SAS: Who Dares Wins. Mr Ollert...
39. Underground Psychotherapy with Friederike Meckel Fischer
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Friederike Meckel is a German psychotherapist who also trained as a medical doctor. Her career involved multiple techniques in psychotherapy including...
38. Drug Markets with Julia Buxton
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Julia Buxton is British Academy Global Professor. Her research focuses on illicit drug markets and the impact of counter narcotics policies on develop...
37. MAPS with Rick Doblin
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Richard ‘Rick’ Doblin is the founder and director of Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) - a non-profit research organisa...
36. Psychedelic Renaissance with Amanda Feilding
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Together with Professor David Nutt they will be talking about the beauty behind psychoactive substances as well as the, equally interesting, stories f...
35. Crack Cocaine with Professor Carl Hart
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode features Carl Hart, professor of neuroscience and psychology at Columbia University in New York. Professor Nutt and Professor H...
34. Psilocybin vs Antidepressants with Dr Robin Carhart-Harris
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Robin Heads the Psychedelic Research Group within the Centre for Psychiatry at Imperial College London, where he has designed several functional brain...
33. Trauma and Stress with Dr Gabor Maté
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode features Dr Gabor Maté, a Hungarian-Canadian physician who’s main interests include childhood development and trauma, and the...
32. Drug Consumption Rooms with Peter Krykant
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Krykant previously used intravenous drugs whilst living homeless in Birmingham. His lived experience has shown him the benefits of drug consumpt...
31. The Philosophy of Psychedelics with Dr. Peter Hughes
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After discovering that there was very little literature review regarding the impact of psychedelics on the philosophy of the mind, philosopher Peter S...
30. Getting High Without Drugs with Dr. David Luke
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Psychologist Dr David Luke, is a Senior Lecturer studying states of transpersonal consciousness. It is well known that psychedelic drugs can induce al...
29. International Drug Policy with Steve Rolles
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In 1971, the war on drugs went international when the UN Convention on Psychotropic Substances was signed into international law. This Convention broa...
28. Drug Gangs in the UK with Mobeen Azhar
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mobeen Azhar has been a journalist for 17 years investigating the societal harms related to the ‘war on drugs’. Upon returning to his hometown of ...
27. Pharmacology of Drugs with Dr David Nichols
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A special treat this week as the two titans of psychopharmacology discuss the medicinal chemistry of psychedelics. Dr Nichols is the Founding Presiden...
26. Synthetic Opioids with Bryce Pardo
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The US opioid crisis is a result of a fractured and fragmented healthcare service. Federal and state policy created a system whereby doctors were rewa...
25. Psychedelics for Addiction with Professor Matt Johnson
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tobacco and alcohol are the largest sources of preventable death in the world. Our current treatments are only 15% effective at best. However, psilocy...
24. The War on Drugs with Johann Hari
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Professor Nutt speaks to journalist Johann Hari @johannhari101 about the ‘war on drugs’. It is now widely accepted that the ‘war on d...
23. Neuropsychopharmacology with Joss Stone
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The tables have been turned in this one-off special of the Drug Science podcast. In this episode, Professor David Nutt is interviewed by renowned sing...
22. Medical Psychedelics Working Group Q&A with Professor Jo Neill
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On July 14th 2020, the UK’s leading independent scientific body on drugs has launched the Drug Science Medical Psychedelics Working Group. Building ...
21. Drugs and consciousness with Professor Roland Griffiths
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Drug Science podcast, Professor Nutt is joined by an old friend who he has known for 35 years. Professor Roland Griffiths is a ...
20. Sex and drugs with Dr. Alex Dymock & Dr. Leah Moyle
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Drug Science podcast, Professor David Nutt is joined by two pharmacosexuality experts to discuss chemsex, drug fuelled sex part...
19. DMT with Chris Timmermann and Chloe Sakal
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
DMT is a drug that’s relatively novel in western neuropsychopharmacology. Not much research has been done on this substance to date and many intoxic...
18. Conservative Drug Policy Reform with Crispin Blunt MP
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Crispin was elected MP for Reigate in 1997 having formerly served as an army officer. In Parliament, Crispin has served in the Shadow Cabinet with bri...
17. Veterans & Psychedelics part 3 – From Shock to Awe with Mitch Schultz
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From an early age, Mitch Schultz's curiosity of the unknown universe forged his path in storytelling. His work as a transmedia producer, UX designer, ...
16. Veterans & Psychedelics part 2 – Ayahuasca for PTSD with Dr. Kate Pate & Nathan Pohl
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
War continues to hurt people long after the fighting has stopped. Veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress often self-medicate with alcohol or th...
15. Veterans & Psychedelics part 1 – Heroic Hearts Foundation with Jesse Gould & Keith Abraham
27 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Drug Science podcast offers a unique insight into the personal accounts of veterans Jesse Gould and Keith Abrahams. From the Afgha...
14. Mescaline with Mike Jay
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mescaline is one of the lesser used psychedelics of the 21st century, however, its use may be older than any other psychedelic drug we know of. In thi...
13. The Vape Debate with Gerry Stimson
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The emergence of vaping and e-cigarettes is a relatively new and novel form of harm reduction. The UK has taken a scientific approach to the regulatio...
12. Ayahuasca with Dr Simon Ruffell
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last few years, Dr Simon Ruffell has worked closely with indigenous communities in the Amazon basin. He is particularly interested in the tra...
11. Policing Drugs – Undercover with Neil Woods
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Woods is a former Undercover Drugs Detective Sergeant whose brief was to infiltrate Britain's most dangerous drug gangs, befriending the foot sol...
10. MDMA-Assisted Therapy with Dr Ben Sessa & Chris Trudgian
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Ben Sessa was the first doctor to administer MDMA assisted therapy in the 21st century and Christopher Trudgian was one of his very first patients....
9. Global Drug Trends with Professor Adam Winstock
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Winstock joins Professor David Nutt to discuss how drug use has changed in the past 20 years and the data that he has collected as a part of the ...
8. Medical Cannabis, Mum & Me with Lucy and Kate Stafford
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lucy Stafford is a medical cannabis patient and advocate. Having spent most of her teenage years in severe pain, dependent on opiates and a feeding tu...
7. Ethnopharmacology with Dr Dennis McKenna
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Professor David Nutt begins season 2 by taking a deep dive into entheogenic plants with a legend of the psychedelic renaissance - Dennis McKenna. Denn...
6. Psychedelics Live Show: Part 2
18 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How can psychedelics be used to help healthy people? In our last episode we heard about how psychedelics can be used to help the sick, but what about ...
5. Psychedelics Live Show: Part 1
03 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What is the role of psychedelics in medicine? The question professor David Nutt, Michelle Baker Jones and Matt Jackson will be discussing, in the firs...
4. Addiction - physical or psychological?
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Professor David Nutt sits down with Mark Johnson and Ian Miller todiscuss the science, and challenge the concept, of addiction.• Why do some people ...
3. Medicinal Marijuana
25 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Professor David Nutt sits down with Joss Stone, Suzi Gage & Hannah Deacon to discuss the recent progress and biggest issues relating to medicinal...
2. Drug testing at festivals
28 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Professor David Nutt sits down with Fiona Measham, Anna Wade & Janine Milburn for an in depth look into why drug testing is so vital at festivals...
1. Alcohol - the good, the bad, the alternative?
29 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Professor David Nutt, Doctor Christian Jessen and Adrian Chiles in a wide-ranging, frank and open conversation on the topic of alcohol - exploring suc...