Matthew Johnson: Psychedelics | Lex Fridman Podcast #145
Lex Fridman
Matthew Johnson, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral science at Johns Hopkins University, provides an overview of psychedelics, distinguishing between classic compounds like psilocybin (found in mushrooms), LSD, DMT, and mescaline, which primarily act as agonists on the serotonin 2A receptor. H …