ESPD 50

Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs

ESPD 50

SPEAKERS

Speakers and Recordings

On the 50th anniversary during the month of June 2017 an international group of specialists finally gathered again to share their perspectives on past, present, and future research in the field of ethnopharmacology. The symposium was held at the spectacular Tyringham Hall in Britain.

ARCHAEOSPHERE | Ancient psychoactive plant use in ethnobotanical archaeology

Dennis McKenna

Dennis McKenna

Ethnopharmacologist

What a long, strange trip it’s been: Reflections on the Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs 1967-2017

Dennis McKenna

Dennis McKenna

Ethnopharmacologist

Ethnopharmacology meets the receptorome – Bioprospecting for psychotherapeutic drugs in the Amazon rain forest

Manuel Torres

Manuel Torres

Professor Emeritus

The origins of the ayahuasca/yagé concept. An inquiry into the synergy between DMT and ß carbolines.

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY |

Christopher McCurdy

Christopher McCurdy

Medicinal Chemist

Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) as a potential therapy for opioid dependance.

Jean François Sobiecki

Jean François Sobiecki

Ethnobotanist

Psychoactive Initiation Plant Medicines: Their Role in the Healing and Learning Process of South African and Upper Amazonian Traditional Healers.

Jeanmaire Molina

Jeanmaire Molina

Associate Professor

Phylogenetic analysis of traditional medicinal plants: discovering new drug sources from patterns of cultural convergence.

Keeper Trout

Keeper Trout

Author

Mescal, peyote and the red bean; a peculiar conceptual collision in early modern ethnobotany.

Kenneth Alper

Kenneth Alper

Associate Professor

The Ibogaine Project: Urban ethnomedicine for opioid use disorder.

Michael Heinrich

Michael Heinrich

Professor of Ethnopharmacology

Ethnopharmacology – from Mexican hallucinogens to a global transdisciplinary science.

Nigel Gericke

Nigel Gericke

Medical Doctor

Kabbo’s !kwaiń Sceletium species – The past, present and future of Kanna.

Snu Voogelbreinder

Snu Voogelbreinder

Ethnobotanist

Psychoactive Acacia Spp. In Australia & Their Alkaloids.

Stacy B. Schaeffer

Stacy B. Schaeffer

Professor Emerita

Fertile Grounds? Peyote and the Human Reproductive System.

Stephen Szára

Stephen Szára

A Scientist Looks at the Hippies.

ETHNOSPHERE | Contemporary cultures of psychoactive plant use

Dale Millard

Dale Millard

Naturalist

Broad spectrum roles of Harmine in Ayahuasca.

Glenn Shepard

Glenn Shepard

Ethnopharmacologist

Substance, soul and sensation in Amazonian shamanism.

Mark Plotkin

Mark Plotkin

Ethnopharmacologist

New Medicines from the Rainforest – Where are They?

SOCIOSPHERE | Psychoactive substances, institutions, law & policy

Evgenia Fotiou

Evgenia Fotiou

Anthropologist

Plant use and shamanic dietas in contemporary Ayahuasca shamanism in Peru.

Jerry D. Patchen

Jerry D. Patchen

Attorney

Reflections on the Peyote Road with the Native American Church – Visions & Cosmology

Luis Eduardo Luna

Luis Eduardo Luna

Anthropologist

Ayahuasca, a powerful epistemological wildcard in a complex, fascinating and dangerous world.