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Matthew W. Johnson

20 Sep 21, 3 tweets, 1 min read

It’s official. I just receive a U01 grant from NIDA to study #psilocybin for tobacco addiction. To my knowledge it's the 1st grant from the US government in over a half century to directly study therapeutics of a classic #psychedelic. New era in legitimacy of psychedelic science.

This will be a multi-site trial with Hopkins as the lead site. The other sites will be NYU (site lead Michael Bogenschutz) and UAB (site lead Peter Hendricks).

I feel like a curse on this science is starting to lift. Best expressed as the musical movement that starts at 8:03 in this masterpiece

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26 Dec 20

When I warn against being a psychedelic science guru, I don’t mean sharing expertise w/ public e.g. Neil deGrasse Tyson as an astrophysics “guru." Rather I mean going beyond the basis of a mental health professional/scientist & teaching patients pseudo-religious explanations.

Experts should inform the public. Professors should profess. But the temptation of the practitioner to distort psychedelic therapy into their own metaphysical or quasi-religious framework is going to pose major challenges for the future of this field.

Practitioners can easily get sucked into seeing themselves at the teacher or conduit of "the divine." We should all guard against that, create safe containers & let clients work out their OWN metaphysical meaning if any.

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20 Mar 20

I’m no virologist but I’m a drug scientist so here are my expert recommendations regarding COVID-19 and substance use. (1/11)

#COVID #coronavirus #COVID19US #drugs #alcohol #drinking #cannabiscoronavirus #ecigs #vaping #coffee #psychedelics #QuarentineLife #harmreduction

Your immune system and behavior not only affect you – they play a vital role in making sure our entire species is able to successfully battle this virus and minimize the number of deaths, because you are a potential vector for transmission. (2/11)

If you've been thinking you need to stop your heavy use of a substance, now is a critical time to claim your birthright as a human and gain full agency over your choices. Regardless of your use level, here're some pointers regarding substance use during this pandemic: (3/11)

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