Pioneering psychedelics researcher Roland Griffiths dies at 77
His work with psychedelic and mood-altering drugs generated immense scientific interest, helped patients suffering with depression and addiction
Source: jhu.edu
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His work with psychedelic and mood-altering drugs generated immense scientific interest, helped patients suffering with depression and addiction
A distinguished psychopharmacologist and professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Roland Griffiths spent decades studying the mechanisms of dependence on mood-altering drugs.
The drugs had been the third rail of scientific inquiry. But in a landmark study, he saw them as a legitimate way to help alleviate suffering and even to reach a mystical state.