"Isn't microdosing just placebo effect??" You may have heard this before but is it true?

Dr. Zachary Walsh, a leading clinical psychologist and researcher, explores the therapeutic potential of psychedelics in this episode, focusing on psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for opioid titration and his involvement in the Microdose.me study.

He explains the distinction between cannabis, used for symptom relief, and psychedelics and discusses the controversial link between cannabis and psychosis, emphasizing the need for further research.

Join us as he shares insights on the evolving role of clinicians in supporting patients interested in microdosing and the challenges of integrating psychedelic medicine into healthcare!

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Have you humbled yourself to your elders? These women elders of the psychedelic underground are spiritual warriors-fearless in their journeys to the shamanic realms.

Rachel Harris, PhD, is the author of "Swimming in the Sacred: Wisdom from the Psychedelic Underground" and "Listening to Ayahuasca." A psychologist who has been in private practice for 40 years, she spent 10 years in an academic research department where she published more than 40 scientific studies in peer-reviewed journals and received a National Institutes of Health New Investigator’s Award. Rachel splits her time between an island in Maine and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Visit her online at http://www.swimminginthesacred.com

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Michael Phillip is the creator and host of Third Eye Drops, a media vessel dedicated to philosophy, psychology, spirituality, meaning, and adventure (both physical and mental).

Michael is a writer, podcast host, speaker, community-builder, and wonder junkie holding a B.A. in Journalism.

Check it out at https://thirdeyedrops.com/

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Don Lattin is a veteran religion journalist and award-winning author of several books on psychedelics including The Harvard Psychedelic Club and his latest book God on Psychedelics.

He was a speaker at Psychedelic Science 2023, the world biggest ever conference on psychedelics, and he has been closely following the movement from it's beginnings.

In this podcast, hear Don Lattin's perspective on the rise of psychedelic churches, the NYU-John Hopkins study on religious clergy members experience after two psilocybin sessions

Find more about Don Lattin here: www.donlattin.com

More information on Don Lattin's latest book God on Psychedelics: https://apocryphilepress.com/book/psychedelics/

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David Bronner is the CEO (Cosmic Engagement Officer) of Dr. Bronners as well as a board member of MAPS and a long-time activist and leader in the psychedelic, hemp and organic-fair trade movements.

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Listen to this interview with Rick Doblin on new results from the MAPS Phase III clinical trials for MDMA assisted therapy, the upcoming biggest psychedelic conference in the world ever—Psychedelic Science 2023—and stories of getting banned from the U.S for life.

Rick Doblin, Ph.D., is the founder and president of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) founded in 1986.

MAPS is a nonprofit organization that provides public education, research and policy reform towards the legal, responsible and evidence–based use of psychedelics.

Rick has dedicated 50 years of his life towards this mission and MAPS now leads the way towards creating legal context for the beneficial uses of psychedelics on an international scale.

We are MAPS Canada, a sister organization to the U.S. based MAPS.

MAPS needs MDMA therapists! Learn more about becoming an MDMA therapist here: https://mapsbcorp.com/training/

Check out the biggest psychedelic conference ever, Psychedelic Science 2023: https://psychedelicscience.org/

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In this episode Dennis McKenna joins MAPS Canada in discussing Ayahuasca tourism, the McKenna Academy of Natural Philosophy, Biognosis, the future of the psychedelic movement and the counter-force to the movement—the "war on consciousness".

Dennis McKenna has conducted research in ethnopharmacology for over 40 years. He is a founding board member of the Heffter Research Institute and was a key investigator on the Hoasca Project, the first biomedical investigation of ayahuasca. He was part of the original Scientific Strategy Team at Shaman Pharmaceuticals in the early 90s. He is the younger brother of Terence McKenna.

From 2000 to 2017, he taught courses on Ethnopharmacology and Plants in Human affairs as an adjunct Assistant Professor in the Center for Spirituality and Healing at the University of Minnesota. In the spring of 2019, in collaboration with colleagues in Canada and the US, he incorporated a new non-profit, the McKenna Academy of Natural Philosophy. In collaboration with colleagues he organized two landmark conferences in 2017 and 2022, the Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs (see ESPD50.com and ESPD55.com) He emigrated to Canada in the spring of 2019 together with his wife Sheila, and now resides in Abbotsford B.C.

Learn more about the McKenna Academy, Biognosis and how you can support, here: https://mckenna.academy/

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🇺🇦 Meet the researcher conducting research to bring MDMA assisted therapy to Ukrainian refugees abroad and ultimately, to the countless victims of the Ukraine War.

In this MAPS Canada Podcast episode, Luc Briedé-Cooper and Sabrina Ramkellawan sit down with Dr. Olga Chernoloz a Ukrainian researcher based in Canada.

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Dr. Chernoloz has extensive experience in research of psychoactive compounds for mental health and

She is a scientific advisor to Psychedelics Studies Research Group at University of Toronto and has held a number of roles in clinical trial management, drug development, biotech, and pharmaceutics.

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This is the first episode of the (relaunched) MAPS Canada Podcast featuring MAPS Canada's own board member Kayla Breelove Carter discussing trauma, race and psychedelic therapy.

Kayla Breelove Carter works with individuals and organizations to increase their awareness and understanding of trauma, racial trauma, and adverse childhood experiences. With over ten years of clinical experience, Kayla specializes as well in nutritional psychology and psychedelic assisted therapy.

As a clinical supervisor for those seeking licensing in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Kayla also dedicates her time in supporting graduate students through Breelove’s weekly free counselling clinic and community counselling program, where individuals seeking counselling therapy can engage in one on one mental health counselling for free.

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This episode concludes Season 1 of the MAPS Canada Podcast. What better way to end our first season than with a very special guest, Dr. Erika Dyck. Erika is a Canadian Historian, Professor of History at the University of Saskatchewan, a Canadian Research Chair, and an editor with the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. Erika joins us for an interview with Jaipreet Mattu to discuss her 20 years of research on Canada’s past with psychedelic psychiatry, the growing awareness of the role women played in the development of psychedelic therapy, Indigenous use of psychedelic plants and protecting their cultural rights, and lastly, the global future of psychedelic plant medicine.

Erika’s research focuses mainly on the history of medicine, health and social justice, and of course, the history of psychedelics in psychiatry. She’s taught classes on the history of medicine and psychiatry, social justice and gender equality in medicine, and eugenics. She’s also written on women’s health in other aspects of Canadian health care. More recently, Erika’s research focuses on women in the history of psychedelic psychiatry. She highlights the importance of thinking about the intersections of gender in psychedelics and incorporating new voices and discussions about gender considerations in the development of psychedelic therapy.

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This episode was produced and edited by Brendon Campbell. Original music and audio engineering by Andrew Illmann.

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