The Drug Science Podcast

147. Rewarding the Human Mind with Dr Harriet De Wit

April 1, 2026·42 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Join us in this episode as we speak to Dr Harriet de Witt, professor of psychiatry and neuropharmacology at the University of Chicago. She shares how she fell in love with the field, studying the animal model of self-administration, and how that work fed into her later research with human participants. As a leading expert on the pharmacology of MDMA, she explores the subtle differences between amphetamine and MDMA, before talking about the results from both her MDMA and LSD studies. Links●      UChicago Profile●      Amphetamine●      MDMA●      LSD●      MDMA/Amphetamine/Alcohol Sociality Study●      LSD Microdosing & Emotionality Study ★ Support this podcast ★

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