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...Construction I mean, there are just so many influences out there that want to see psychedelics or so many interests that want to see more people take more psychedelics. That...
...because i'm like macho or whatever right yeah i can take it bro yeah if we did have legitimate psychedelic um psychedelic centers in america i mean there would have to be some real thought beforehand as to uh what's the best way to uh approach it from an education perspective explaining...
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... Well, I mean, for me, in fact, Joe, And what Brian has done in the Immortality Key has been to present hard and fast evidence that the first Christians were using psychedelics and that their religious experiences were mediated by psychedelic experiences. because of my interest in psychedelics in human culture....
... And I think it's very smart of Brian, very smart of Brian not to put himself in that situation. I hope he will work with psychedelics in the future, but I think he was right not to work with psychedelics before writing this book and to concentrate on the evidence. Well, Michael Pollan, who later in life experienced psychedelics and wrote pretty brilliantly about...
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... But when I went to it, it was private. mdma actually does help in this kind of i see psychedelic medicine psychedelic hospice And that they weren't going to put anything in the way of that curiosity....
... So where we're at is a very challenging situation. There's now hundreds and hundreds of psychedelic, for-profit psychedelic companies. When I started MAPS in 1986, now again 35 years ago, I'd say for the first 31, 32 years,...
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“Psychedelic medicine, psychedelic hospice will be pretty common, I think, 20, 30 years from now.”
“The sweeping psychedelics act of 1970 made all psychedelic drugs illegal.”
“Psychedelics are proven to help veterans with PTSD.”
“The Nixon administration passed that sweeping Schedule I psychedelics act, made everything illegal and just threw water on the whole movement.”
“Psychedelic therapy might be the only thing that can start is the Joe Rogan solution.”
“One of the most important uses of psychedelics is to help people at the end of life who are scared of dying.”
“Psychedelic drugs accentuate compassion and a sense of family and brotherhood.”
“The entire Christian religion was based on the consumption of psychedelic mushrooms and fertility rituals.”
“A lot of the religious experiences that people talk about were probably inspired by psychedelic experiences.”
“They invented democracy, which is crazy, and they did it because probably because of psychedelic dru...”
“I think one of the problems with the current, you know, psychedelic scene is this messianism.”
“The law passed in 1970 to punish Richard Nixon's political opponents is why we aren't using psychedelic-assisted therapies.”
“Jolly West allegedly taught Manson how to use psychedelics and manipulate people.”
“The entire religion was based on fertility rituals and the consumption of psychedelic mushrooms.”
“The 1960s music movement was incredible when artists were taking psychedelics, but died when they turned to cocaine and heroin.”
“The entire Christian religion was based on the consumption of psychedelic mushrooms and fertility ri...”
“There's too many anecdotal stories of veterans using psychedelics and sorting their lives out.”
“The mind which produces psychedelic chemicals might also be a gateway to other dimensions.”
“The idea that psychedelics are a one-size-fits-all solution is false.”
“Psychedelics can help with good faith conversations.”
“Psychedelic drugs dissolve the ego completely for a brief amount of time.”
“Ibogaine, Celsipin, Ayahuasca all these different psychedelics have shown to have remarkable effects.”
“A lot of their stuff was laced with ergot and a bunch of other stuff and different psychedelics that...”
“The flow tank itself is a psychedelic experience totally natural.”
“Most people who are in a very dark state shouldn't go right to psychedelics.”
“The psychedelic drug act of 1970 was established to combat Richard Nixon's political opponents.”
Andrew Gallimore, PhD, is a chemical pharmacologist and neurobiologist. He is one of the world’s leading experts on psychedelics and the author of several books, including his most recent, “Death by Astonishment: Confronting the Mystery of the World’s Strangest Drug.”
Oct 30, 2025
Rick Strassman, MD, is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. He is the author of several books, the most recent of which is 2024's "My Altered States: A Doctor's Extraordinary Account of Trauma, Psychedelics, and Spiritual Growth."
Sep 26, 2025
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
May 9, 2025
Rick Strassman is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. His new book, "My Altered States: A Doctor's Extraordinary Account of Trauma, Psychedelics, and Spiritual Growth," is available now.www.rickstrassman.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 11, 2024
Amanda is an award-winning psychedelics researcher, policy advocate, and artist; advancing psychedelic research for over 50 years. Founder & Director of the Beckley Foundation, a UK-based think-tank and NGO, aiming to further our understanding of consciousness and how changes in cerebral circulation and neuronal activity underlie the effects of various psychoactive substances. Amanda’s work lies at the cutting edge of psychedelic scientific research, she initiated the study which generated the world’s first images of the brain on LSD. https://www.beckleyfoundation.org https://www.thetripreport.com
Jun 27, 2023
Dennis McKenna is an ethnopharmacologist, author, and brother to well-known psychedelics proponent Terence McKenna. His new book "Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs: 50 Years of Research (1967-2017)" is available here: http://www.synergeticpress.com/shop/ethnopharmacologic-search-psychoactive-drugs-50-years-research/
Jun 21, 2018
Dennis McKenna is an ethnopharmacologist, author, and brother to well-known psychedelics proponent Terence McKenna. http://espd50.com/
Apr 17, 2017
Dennis McKenna is an ethnopharmacologist, author, and brother to well-known psychedelics proponent Terence McKenna. Josh Wickerham is the chief advisor to the ESC, Ethnobotanical Stewardship Council. http://www.ethnobotanicalcouncil.org
Mar 28, 2014
Amber Lyon is an Emmy Award-Winning journalist. She has recently been traveling the world working on Reset.Me, an independent journalism site covering psychedelics, natural medicines, and alternative therapies.
Mar 18, 2014
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