Jahan Marcu, PhD and Nigam B. Arora, PhD are joined by Sara Jane Ward, PhD and Jim Mitchell, PhD the Vice President, API Research and Development at Benuvia Manufacturing. The discussions begin with a deep dive into cannabis and psychedelics policy and research developments, highlighting that it feels as though psychedelics are skipping the line, passing cannabinoids, into the regulatory party. For rapid fire science we discuss cutting technology around synthesizing psychedelic compounds and cannabinoids. Learn why you should care about modern chemistry and its approaches to psychedelics and cannabinoid drug manufacturing needs for clinical research.

Episode’s Group:

Jahan Marcu, PhD (moderator)

Nigam B. Arora, PhD

Sara Jane Ward, PhD

Jim Mitchell, PhD

News and Popular Literature Links: 

Cannabis Legalization Gets Cold Shoulder (3:00)

The Psychedelic Landscape: Pharma, tech, decrim, other (17:40)

Additional Resource: https://psilocybinalpha.com

Therapy for the UK - “It's coming sometime and maybe” (32:35)

Rapid Fire Science Study Links:

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Tryptamines Found in Hallucinogenic Mushrooms: Norbaeocystin, baeocystin, norpsilocin, and aeruginascin (45:50)

A Novel and Practical Continuous Flow Chemical Synthesis of Cannabidiol (CBD) and its CBDV and CBDB Analogues (1:06:55)

Today’s Game (1:26:00) :

Welcome to today’s GAME, today our group will be playing for the grand prize of helping to expand scientific thought. Today’s game is Name That Drug! - The moderator summarizes a case report about psychedelics, cannabis, or another commonly used drug; the participants must guess which drug, either de novo or from four choices. It's not whether you guess the correct drug but how you ‘think’ through this game.

Credits:

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

More at:

howtolaunchanindustry.com

marcu-arora.com