Rick Doblin, Ph.D., is the founder and president of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), a nonprofit established in 1986 to advance evidence-based psychedelic therapy and end prohibition. MAPS incubated Lykos Therapeutics (formerly MAPS Public Benefit Corporation) which is leading drug development of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD. Learn more about Psychedelic Science 2025, June 16–20 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, at www.psychedelicscience.org, and visit www.maps.org for information on MAPS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
MDMA had been legal, but it was sort of quietly used in therapy circles from around 1976 to the early 80s.
The first move to criminalize MDMA was a crime.
The drug war is counterproductive in that the people that need the help the most are driven away from seeking it because of the stigma and shame and c...
Psychedelics are unique among substances and have the potential for long-term change if you do the therapy afterwards.
Bromo LSD works even better than LSD and psilocybin for treating cluster headaches.
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