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