Psychoactive Drugs: How They Hack the Brain and What It Means for Our Minds

Sunday, July 14, 2024: 11:00 am (Little Theatre): Have you wondered how psychoactive drugs, both licit and illicit, exert their effects? How are they able to alter pain, emotion, attention, thought, the senses... consciousness itself? In this talk, D...

Sunday, July 14, 2024: 11:00 am (Little Theatre): Have you wondered how psychoactive drugs, both licit and illicit, exert their effects? How are they able to alter pain, emotion, attention, thought, the senses... consciousness itself? In this talk, Dr. Jen will explore the mechanisms of how these molecules hack the brain. But there's another question: How do we best use these biochemical hacking tools? After all, we're not just talking about brains, but our minds. Our lives. The scientific, legal, and media landscapes are all changing. What can we reasonably expect? And how can we tell which information we're told is true?

Dr. Jen, PharmD