Roland Griffiths: innovative psychedelics researcher
BMJ November 16, 2023 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.p2703 via OpenAlex
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractRoland Griffiths, an American psychopharmacologist who revived psychedelic research, was described by a curator as serious, gentle, and straight-laced yet deeply calm and spiritual. Upon learning his stage 4 colon cancer was likely terminal, he advised his mentee to view his impending death as an opportunity to feel.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Psychology Sociology |
| Key finding | Roland Griffiths, a key figure in psychedelic research, encouraged his mentee to treat his terminal cancer as an opportunity to feel. |
Abstract
at the age of 77, was an American psychopharmacologist widely credited with reviving the study of psychedelic drugs."He was almost the opposite of what I imagined a psychedelic researcher would be like," said Nassim Assefi, who curated a talk Griffiths gave in 2015."He was serious, gentle, and had a straight laced appearance, with a deeply calm, spiritual sense about him."When Griffiths learnt his stage 4 colon cancer was likely to be terminal, he told his mentee David Yaden that Yaden should take his mentor's impending death "as an opportunity to feel