Survey: Quit smoking after a psychedelic experience?
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine are currently recruiting individuals who have quit smoking cigarettes or reduced their smoking (even temporarily) after an experience with a psychedelic, for participation in an online survey. Their team has previously conducted innovative research on the effects of compounds including psilocybin, dextromethorphan, and salvinorin A.
The goal of this survey is to learn more about whether psychedelic drugs are associated with reduction or cessation of cigarette smoking. The researchers want to characterize people’s experiences in non-laboratory settings in which taking a psychedelic may have led to reducing or quitting smoking. For the purposes of this survey, the survey will be asking specifically about individuals who have quit smoking cigarettes or reduced their smoking (even temporarily) after experiences with psilocybin (magic) mushrooms, LSD, morning glory seeds, mescaline, peyote cactus, San Pedro cactus, DMT, or ayahuasca. This research study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board of Johns Hopkins Medicine.
The survey is completely anonymous (IP addresses will not be recorded) and will require 40-45 minutes to complete. If you are interested in participating, please click this link. Participation is voluntary and will not be financially compensated.
Participants must be 18+ years of age, speak/write English fluently, and have experienced a reduction or cessation of cigarette smoking after an experience with one of the psychedelic substances listed above. For more information, please contact the researchers via the site’s private messaging system.
Principal Investigator of this study, Matthew W. Johnson was a speaker at our Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research in 2012. A video on the topic of this study can be watched below.