The Problem with LSD Clinical Trials | Professor David Nutt meets Will Self

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From addiction to nicotine, Marijuana to LSD, Professor David Nutt is at the forefront of drug research. Will Self, meanwhile, has “taken every drug [Professor Nutt] has ever researched”, and in Part 3 of this exclusive conversation, their conversation roams far and wide: Henry James, sensory deprivation tanks, Michael Pollan, religious experiences, Narcotics anonymous, the WHO, addiction, Michael Bloomberg’s links to the anti-vaping lobby – and much more.

Click here for part 1: https://youtu.be/qPqAlwBULDY
and here for part 2: https://youtu.be/N-F3KbGrM1s

Professor David Nutt is the Edmond J Safra chair in Neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London and director of the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit in the Division of Brain Sciences there. He is the chairman and founder of Drug Science, patron of ‘My Death My Decision’, and is the author of ‘Drugs Without the Hot Air: Minimising the Harms of Legal and Illegal Drugs’ and ‘Drink? The New Science of Alcohol and your health’. He has been featured on Newsnight, the Institute of Art and Ideas, Ross Kemp TV, London Real, Tedx, Triggernometry and Novara Media.

David will be joined in conversation today by Will Self – award-winning author and Professor of Contemporary Thought at Brunel University. Will has written openly about his history with drug use, most notably in his recent memoir simply titled ‘Will’ – but his other works include: Cock and Bull (1992), Dorian, an Imitation (2002), The Book of Dave (2006), Umbrella (2012), Shark (2014), Phone (2017), The Quantity Theory of Insanity (1991), Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys (1998), and Dr. Mukti and Other Tales of Woe (2004), among others.

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