LSD
Research into the medical use of psychedelics is underway but don’t expect results soon – expert
Since the 1950s researchers have known psychedelic drugs could have medical applications, but what of research today? Associate Professor Suresh Muthukumaraswamy talks at Raising the Bar 2021. Audio
Micro-dosing LSD could be a trip to happiness
An Auckland scientist is planning a world-first study into the effects of micro-dosing a drug that entered notoriety in the 1970s - LSD. Audio
Micro-dosing LSD could be a trip to happiness
An Auckland scientist is planning a world-first study into the effects of micro-dosing a drug that entered notoriety in the 1970s - LSD.
AudioTreating addiction, depression with hallucinogenics
LSD and psilocybin (better known as magic mushrooms) are still listed as Class A's under the Misuse of Drugs Act, but the idea of using these mind altering drugs as a therapy for alcohol, drug… Audio
Tom O'Neill: Charles Manson narrative doesn't add up
Journalist Tom O'Neill has spent the last two decades wading through Charles Manson-related files to offer a new take on one of the most infamous cases in American history. Audio
Prof David Nutt: 'It's irrational to deny people access to LSD'
A former drug policy advisor to the UK's Labour government is in New Zealand to talk about how psychedelic drugs could help control a number of mental health problems and why the war on drugs is a… Audio
Microdosing: hallucinogenics for health
Why are some Silicon Valley creatives regularly taking tiny doses of psychedelics? We ask American psychologist and psychedelic research pioneer Dr James Fadiman, who is studying the practice of… Audio
LSD drug may further psychological research - study
Addictions and depression could in the future be treated by an A-class illegal drug. Audio
Reinvestigating psychedelic drugs
Chair of independent, science-led drugs charity DrugScience, and is Edmund J Safra Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology and Head of the Department of Neuropsychopharmacology and Molecular Imaging at… Audio
Do hallucinogenic drugs have therapeutic effects?
Stephen Ross of New York University's School of Medicine is involved in studies looking at the potential therapeutic effects of the hallucinogen, psilocybin. Audio
Raga for Peter Walker
Still performing at 75, American guitarist Peter Walker gained attention as part of the Greenwich Village scene, and went on to study with Ravi Shankar and worked with LSD pioneer Timothy Leary… Audio
