Professor David Nutt - The Truth About Drugs

David Nutt is a British psychiatrist and neuropsychopharmacologist specialising in the research of drugs that affect the brain and conditions such as addiction, anxiety and sleep.  WATCH FOR FREE: https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/professor-david-nutt-the-truth-about-drugs/  Chapters: 00:00 Trailer. 02:09 Brian’s thoughts on the episode. 06:09 Brian’s Introduction. 06:51 Why LSD was made illegal. 15:14 Alcohol, the original recreational drug. 18:28 Influence on Government and media attitude to recreational drugs. 20:17 Scoring drugs. 24:38 Social, class and racial attitudes to use of alcohol and other recreational drugs. 27:04 Ecstasy versus Equasy paper. 31:15 Calls for resignation and the sacking of David Nutt. 33:43 A youthful fascination with LSD and its effect on America. 38:11 Discovering profound impact of LSD on the brain. 43:01 Those that cannot change their minds, cannot change anything. 48:15 Analogy of drug laws being the worst censorship of research since the ban on the telescope. 51:53 David’s motivation for constantly striving for what he believes. 55:00 Brexit, a sad day for young scientists. 58:58 Dilemma of uneducated use of legal drugs versus benefits of illegal drugs used responsibly. 1:07:03 The future of research on psychedelics. 1:11:38 David’s hope for the future use of psychedelics. 1:14:14 What he never talks about. 1:15:24 Why is there no Professor David Nutt counterpart in America? 1:18:43 Judges rely on us. Scientists can change policy. 1:23:17 Risks of speaking out. 1:24:36 What to tell your kids about drug use. 1:27:04 Use of medicinal cannabis in America and implication for policy in the UK. 1:30:33 Success Secrets. 1:31:24 Inspirational successful person. 1:33:12 David Nutts obituary. 1:34:56 What he thinks other people think him crazy for believing. 1:35:17 What keeps David Nutt awake at night. 1:38:06 Phone call to the 20 hear old David Nutt. 1:38:55 Best advice ever received. 1:40:57 Advice to the 20 year old who is an aspiring scientist or questioning drug use. 1:42:44 His final good advice to anyone thinking about using illegal drugs. 1:46:04 Brian’s summing up.   Show Notes: David Nutt on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Nutt David Nutt on Twitter https://twitter.com/profdavidnutt?lang=en-gb David Nutt Blog http://www.drugscience.org.uk/blog/ https://profdavidnutt.wordpress.com/ FULL SHOW NOTES: https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/professor-david-nutt-the-truth-about-drugs/