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Matthew W. Johnson is a professor and psychedelics researcher at Johns Hopkins. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  Study Website: https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/
  
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  OUTLINE:
  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (00:00) - Introduction
  (06:31) - Introduction to psychedelics
  (22:33) - Psychedelics expand the mind
  (25:44) - The priors we bring to the psychedelic experience
  (29:40) - Elon Musk and first principles thinking
  (40:10) - DMT
  (51:32) - Joe Rogan and DMT
  (57:40) - The nature of drug addiction
  (1:11:29) - The economics of drug pricing
  (1:17:44) - Should we legalize all drugs?
  (1:29:46) - What is the most dangerous drug?
  (1:32:20) - Does drug prohibition work?
  (1:36:14) - Cocaine and sex
  (1:43:15) - Risky sexual decisions
  (1:54:12) - Psilocybin helping people quit smoking
  (2:00:30) - Young Jamie
  (2:22:38) - Participating in a study
  (2:29:57) - Psychedelics and the human mind
  (2:37:20) - The future of psychedelics
  (2:40:01) - Neuralink
  (2:49:33) - Consciousness
  (3:02:15) - Panpsychism
  (3:12:20) - Aliens and DMT
  (3:22:24) - Mortality
  (3:32:12) - Meaning of life

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