Rick Doblin and Amy Emerson — Demystifying Psychedelics (EP.92)

Rick Doblin in the Founder and Executive Director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). MAPS is a leading organization in the USA supporting psychedelic and marijuana research since 1986. You can follow Rick on his Twitter at https://twitter.com/RickDoblin.

Amy Emerson is the CEO of the MAPS Public Benefit Corporation (MAPS PBC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of MAPS. You can learn more about MAPS and donate at https://maps.org/

Show Notes:

• Rick’s journey from Construction to Psychedelics
  
• How Amy met Rick and started working together
  
• How psychedelic research was hampered for decades
  
• MDMA therapy for police officers and Navy Seals
  
• Cultural shift in the perception of psychedelics
  
• Has internet made it easier or difficult to spread propaganda?
  
• Legitimate concerns agains advancements in psychedelic research
  
• MDMA: A euphoric, or psychedelic?
  
• Man-made vs. Natural psychedelics
  
• Psychedelics are NOT magic cure-all pills
  
• MDMA treatment for childhood trauma?
  
• Alternative forms of treatment like sound therapy, VR, hypnotism
  
• Why donate to MAPS
  

Books Mentioned:

• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; by Ken Kesey
  
• Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge; by Jeremy Narby
  
• How to Change Your Mind; by Michael Pollan
  
• The Immortality Key; by Brian Muraresku
  
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance; by Robert M. Pirsig
  
• The Body Keeps the Score; by Bessel van der Kolk
  
• Happy; by Derren Brown
  
• The Beginning of Infinity; by David Deutsch