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Professor David Nutt is the Chair of Neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London and a world-leading psychedelic researcher. He's a strong advocate for a rational, evidence based approach to  psychedelics, and continues to, in his own words, 'call out the lies' about them, wherever he can.

David is currently Chair of DrugScience  and President of the European Brain Council, has edited the Journal of Psychopharmacology for over two decades and acts as the psychiatry drugs advisor to the British National Formulary. He is also the host of the very popular
The Drug Science Podcast.

We covered a lot of ground with David, including:

•  his latest study, looking into MDMA and alcoholism
• his theory about why psychedelics appear to be especially effective in treating 'internalising disorders' like depression, anxiety and OCD
• the nature of consciousness and where psychedelics fit
• the risk that the high price tag for psychedelic assisted psychotherapy could leave it out of reach for most people and the role community healing could play