Psychedelics for Medicinal Use and Legalization with Rick Doblin of MAPS | Recovery
It’s clear the world needs a different way of approaching addiction. That’s why we are so excited to bring on Rick Doblin the founder of MAPS, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies. Here’s here to talk to us about the trials and experiences he’s collected over the past 40 years to help advance FDA approval of psychedelics for therapeutic use in the U.S. and abroad. Learn about the proven healing benefits of MDMA and Psilocybin. 0:30 Ask Us Anything! A New Offering, head to igntd.com/questions to have your questions and curiosities answered on the podcast. 1:20 Intro 4:30 Interview Starts with Rick Doblin 5:25 Adi’s Drug Addiction Story 6:15 How MAPS has gotten this far, why public attitudes around psychedelics have shifted. Who we have to thank for this advancement. 8:40 Adi’s story of using MDMA as a therapeutic for intimacy struggles with Sophie, his wife. 9:45 Rick Doblin’s first experience with MDMA / Ecstasy before the War on Drugs. 10:55 Rick Doblin’s work with a PTSD patient and using MDMA to treat physical and emotional trauma and create long term changes. 12:00 Comparing and contrasting the effects of alcohol. 13:00 Evidence for the idea that there’s a persisting effect from MDMA. Rick describes MAPS trials and working for FDA Approval and Insurance Companies. 15:45 Huge difference between SSRIs, MAPS has an objective to get people to eventually become drug free. 16:30 Re-Consolidation, you have a memory of a trauma or an experience, it gets the opportunity to get recreated again. MDMA forever changes your relationship to the trauma, allowing you to release some of the memories. 18:00 Rick Doblin describes the effects of MDMA, the healing he has witnessed from patients and trials. 19:45 Episodic Memory vs. Emotional Memory 9:50 Neuroscience of MDMA effects 24:55 Coming down from the MDMA and our patterns. How do we make it so that it lasts? 27:00 Instead of trying to suppress symptoms, let them flourish because it's through the pain that you will find the solution. 36:00 Israelis and Palestinians doing ayahuasca together. Mentioned in the Podcast The Body Keeps the Score book by Bessel Van Der Kolk MAPS - Rick Doblin Stan Grof, Rick’s Mentor Trip of Compassion - documentary, watch on Vimeo Ask Us Anything Hero 2.0
