What is a Psychedelic? ft. Dr. Boris Heifets

In this episode, Alaina discusses the evolving language about some of our favorite substances and how we got to the term psychedelic. In the first segment, she highlights some historical names for psychedelic substances in western medicine. In the second segment, she is joined by Stanford anesthesiologist and psychedelic researcher Dr. Boris Heifets to discuss how the scientific field classifies compounds as psychedelic and how to make sense of the psychedelic experience.

For more on Dr. Heifets research:

https://heifetslab.stanford.edu/publications/

For more on the history and references discussed in the introduction:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14761703/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278584606000364

https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/ajp.108.8.572

https://academic.oup.com/ijnp/article/16/10/2165/652314?login=true

https://marijuana-uses.com/mr-x/

https://content.ucpress.edu/title/9780520285422/9780520285422_chapter1.pdf

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