Dr. Roland Griffiths

Psychedelics, such as psilocybin, DMT, mescaline and LSD have attracted increasing attention for their potential mental health benefits. These substances elicit profound acute subjective effects, ranging from altered cognition and perception to intense emotional experiences. While mystical...

Jada Pinkett Smith Opens Up About Ayahuasca: It Helped Her Overcome Depression And Suicidal Thoughts Jada Pinkett Smith has joined the growing number of Hollywood celebs who are sharing difficult mental health issues and the fact that psychedelic substances are helping them deal with them. “...

This article was originally published on Microdose and appears here with permission. The psychedelic medicine community has lost one of its great figures as Dr. Roland Griffiths has passed away. Roland Griffiths, Ph.D., was a Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences at the Johns Hopkins University...

A sad day in the psychedelics community today as news filters out that leading industry neuroscientist, Dr. Roland Griffiths, Ph.D., has passed. The esteemed Johns Hopkins University psychopharmacologist is described as the man who brought psilocybin back into the field of medical...

The Alexander Shulgin Research Institute (ASRI), the organization advancing the renowned chemist’s scientific work and legacy, presented novel psychoactive compounds at the MAPS' Psychedelic Science 2023 last month in Denver.   ASRI co-founder and president Dr....

The conversation on psychedelics has made its way to Oprah Winfrey’s daily show, where the beloved host invited Dr. Roland Griffiths, Ph.D., to talk about a topic that, in her words, “so many people want to avoid, but it’s one that every one of us is going to have to face in our...

Johns Hopkins University academics just a got a boost in their funding thanks to the recently launched Roland R. Griffiths Ph.D. Professorship Fund. Recently featured on his life’s achievements as a psychedelics research pioneer and his present work in the NY Times, Griffiths is a...