Jahan Marcu, PhD moderates the discussion with Nigam B Arora, PhD, David Vaillencourt, MSc from the GMP collective with special guest Gene Ray MSc, Lab Manager at Garden Remedies. We discuss new research on stupidity, psychedelic healthcare investments, and how drug testing culture has permeated many levels of society. FOr our research article review, we rapid fire our thoughts about ibogaine and the behavioral economics on the demand and use of cannabis. Stick around for our newest game, “Don’t be a Square.” In the game, Jahan reads a poem and panelists have to guess which drug Alan Ginsburg was experimenting with, when he wrote the poem.

Episode’s Group:

Jahan Marcu, PhD (moderator)

Nigam B. Arora, PhD

Gene Ray, MSc

David Vaillencourt, MSc

News and Popular Literature Links: 

What is Stupidity? And is it a Psychological or Social Issue? (2:50)

Investors Turn Towards Psychedelic Healthcare Companies. (11:00)

Will Michigan be the First State to Legalize Psychedelics? (23:45)

Amazon to Solve their Worker Shortage by Abolishing THC Drug Testing (34:55)

Bonus resource: Dr. Marcu’s article on cannabis impairment: https://cannabusiness.law/cannabis-impairment-and-driving-legal-and-medical-considerations/

Rapid Fire Science Study Links:

Dark Classics in Neuroscience - The Adverse Events of Ibogaine in Humans: An updated systematic review of the literature (2015–2020). (47:00)

Getting High to Cope with COVID19 (1:04:10)

Today’s Game (1:20:05) :

Welcome to today’s GAME, today our group will be playing for the grand prize of helping to expand scientific and cultural thought. Welcome to “Don’t be a Square”. Dr. Marcu reads a poem, and the panelists along with the audience tries to guess which substance the author was taking or talking about.

Credits:

Podcast editing by Joe Leonardo, Podcast mixing and mastering by Dylan Agajanian, Cover art by Natalie McKean, Intro music by Buddha by Kontekst, Transition music by K. LOUK. Outro music by Bensounds. Special thanks to Julian Amkraut for supporting this episode.

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