Top Chemist Just Discovered How to Hack the Brains Internal DMT Molecule | Chris McCurdy

Chris McCurdy is a pharmaceutical scientist and pharmacist whose research focuses on the design, synthesis and development of drugs to treat pain and drug abuse. His latest research investigates a naturally occurring molecule that may regulate an enzyme which helps produce the powerful psychedelic compound dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, in the body.
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00:00 - The most hallucinogenic plant in existence
09:39 - Natural DMT in our bodies & schizophrenia
19:43 - Finding DMT in spinal fluid
27:06 - Endogenous tripping & transcendental meditation
37:26 - Placebo effect & treating cancer with the brain
47:08 - The flaw in the "healthcare equation"
57:18 - Why coca leaves should be legal
01:13:44 - Only 3 countries where coca leaves are legal
01:17:18 - Kratom's dangerous trajectory
01:29:15 - World's biggest kratom study
01:43:01 - 7 hydroxy products (7-OH) vs. kratom
01:47:12 - The drug with the deadliest withdrawal process
01:59:52 - Why ritalin shouldn't be prescribed to kids
02:07:46 - How Modafinil works
02:14:55 - The kanna plant
02:20:02 - FDA finds how much kratom leads to overdose
02:28:12 - Different strains of kratom leaf