Last friday 26th April was the 5th anniversary of the funding of our centre, the world’s first focused on psychedelic science.

We must thank our founder Robin Carhart-Harris, David Nutt, david erritzoe and all the amazing team in the group! 🍄 So much was produced in 5 years.

📢Join Prof David Nutt at Take Drugs Seriously.
📅Bristol Beer Factory on 16th May.
➡️joined by author and ex-undercover cop Neil Woods Neil Woods, CEO of Transform Drug Policy Foundation Shoba Ram, and The Bristol Cable Matty Edwards will chair the discussion

Drug Science Podcast 📢

Dr Dölen addresses the popular questions around psychedelics interactions with both autism and schizophrenia. She discusses both the role of critical periods in symptoms as well as caution in the use of psychedelics in treatment.

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📅 Join David Nutt at the University of Sussex to delve into the history of psychedelic policy and why the banning of psychedelics in the early 1970s was perhaps the worst censorship of science in history.
📚 A Drug Science SSN and University of Sussex Psychedelic Research Society event
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Dr Dölen explains how psychedelics may be able to reopen critical periods which were previously believed to be closed allowing for behavioural change.

Which Psychedelic opens the longest critical period?
#MDMA
#Ketamine
#Ibogaine
#Psilocybin
Let us know!

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🤩 We're looking forward to Cannabis Europa this year and pleased to have our Dr Anne Katrin Schlag sharing research updates from our observational study T21

Happy Bicycle Day! 🚲
I celebrated by attending the book launch in Westminster of Norman Ohler's Tripped, about the link between Nazi research into LSD and its influence on American CIA involvement and prohibition.
UnHerd Norman Ohler Drug Science David Nutt

🤩 We're so pleased to see Prof Jo Neill Jo Neill, the chair of our Medical Psychedelics Working Group, discussing medical psychedelics

Thanks to Drug Science and Atlantic Books for a brilliant conversation between Norman Ohler & David Nutt last night to celebrate the launch of Norman's TRIPPED. There's a good stack of signed copies available at Waterstones Trafalgar Sq.!

We are pleased to announce that we have a new website!

Now, before you get too excited, it looks pretty similar to our old website, but we have made it easier to find our blogs, videos and all of the juicy stuff we've been working on lately.

drugscience.org.uk

Exciting news!

Our Founder David Nutt is leading the charge in two groundbreaking constitutional challenges, advocating against the criminalisation of psilocybin mushrooms. One in South Africa and another in a location we can't yet disclose...yet.

cullinans.co.za/case/constitut…

📢Calling all drugs researchers in the UK!

Check out this exciting workshop exploring the Nuances of Psychedelics and how they can be regulated to reduce harm + the negative impacts of criminalisation

📅16 May 2-5pm

Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-nuances-…

Ester British Criminology

📣 2024 stands as a pivotal year for psychedelic medicine! Join us with Dr Anne Katrin Schlag speaking at Paths Summit on June 5th to explore the journey to European patient access! By OPEN Foundation. Use code DRUGSCIENCE50 for €50 off! icpr-conference.com/paths

'LSD, Nazis and the CIA with Norman Ohler': drugscience.org.uk/podcast/101-ls…
Drug Science David Nutt Norman Ohler Dr Anne Katrin Schlag

Have you read Norman Ohler’s book about Hitler, the Nazi Party and Methamphetamine?

We recently invited Norman Ohler onto the Podcast to talk about his new book which begs the question… Was America’s ‘War on Drugs’ actual started in Nazi Germany?

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Looking foward to take part in this event in Manchester next month!

If you're around please in for what will be a great series of discussions. Of course, I'll be talking about what we could expect from psychedelic regulation for those using outside of a medical space.

🤩 Fantastic to see pioneers in harm reduction together! Find out more about the importance of drug checking from The Loop and their recently launched drugs checking service in Bristol

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