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Ep #7 Show Notes | Peter Addy: Salvia divinorum, Dissociation & Psychotherapy

About the Guest: Peter Addy, PhD is a psychotherapist and spent several years at the Yale, studying human experiences with atypical psychedelics such as Salvia divinorum.


Episode Summary: Nick Jikomes and Peter Addy talk about the atypical, dissociative psychedelic, salvia.


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Conversation Timeline:

0:00:00 Intro & Salvia

0:07:47 How people consume Salvia

0:10:42 Indigenous consumption

0:17:00 Phenomenology of Salvia experience

0:19:06 Neurobiology of Salvinorin A

0:27:03 Interoception in the brain

0:32:55 Peter's Human Salvia Research

0:41:12 Dissociative Drugs Effects

0:57:12 Psychology of Addiction

1:04:34 Kappa Opioid Receptor Agonists

1:17:49 Regulation & Scheduling of Drugs

1:30:27 Peter's Advice for Staying Sane


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