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433. How Are Psychedelics and Other Party Drugs Changing Psychiatry?

Freakonomics Radio
Freakonomics Radio
Episode • Oct 1, 2020 • 53m

Three leading researchers from the Mount Sinai Health System discuss how ketamine, cannabis, and ecstasy are being used (or studied) to treat everything from severe depression to addiction to PTSD. We discuss the upsides, downsides, and regulatory puzzles.