Rick Doblin, Ph.D. - Healing the Heart of Humanity: Legalizing Psychedelic Medicine

Rick Doblin, Ph.D., founder of MAPS, joins Paul F. Austin to discuss the healing of humanity through legalized psychedelic medicine.

This is another special interview from the 2022 Wonderland Conference in Miami, FL. Paul F. Austin is joined by MAPS founder Rick Doblin, Ph.D., to discuss the healing of humanity through legalized psychedelic medicine.

Rick Doblin, Ph.D., is the founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). He received his doctorate in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, where he wrote his dissertation on the regulation of the medical uses of psychedelics and marijuana. His Master’s thesis was a survey of oncologists on smoked marijuana vs. the oral THC pill in nausea control for cancer patients. His undergraduate thesis at New College of Florida was a 25-year follow-up to the classic Good Friday Experiment, which evaluated the potential of psychedelic drugs to catalyze religious experiences. He also conducted a thirty-four year follow-up study to Timothy Leary’s Concord Prison Experiment. Rick studied with Dr. Stanislav Grof and was among the first to be certified as a Holotropic Breathwork practitioner. His professional goal is to help develop legal contexts for the beneficial uses of psychedelics and marijuana, primarily as prescription medicines but also for personal growth for otherwise healthy people, and eventually to become a legally licensed psychedelic therapist. He founded MAPS in 1986, and currently resides in Boston with his wife and puppy, with three empty rooms from his children who have all graduated college and begun their life journeys. Learn more about Rick by listening to his Origin Story and watching his TED Talk.

Highlights:

• Rick Doblin’s life (in five minutes), the origin story of MAPS, and the latest progress of its FDA clinical trials.
• How MAPS has changed since Michael Pollan’s How To Change Your Mind Netflix documentary.
• What keeps Rick focused, grounded and motivated to continue his work.
• Why MAPS chose to work with MDMA for PTSD, and what its strategy will look like after FDA approval.
• The novel financing strategies MAPS is taking in response to the ‘failure of philanthropy’.
• Working towards mass mental health and a “global spiritualized humanity”.
• MAPS’ Fourth Psychedelic Science Conference — June 2023.
• How to “make a post-prohibition world work out” and empower people to deal with trauma, with and without substances.

Episode Links:

• MAPS
• MAPS Public Benefit
• Michael Pollan’s How To Change Your Mind Netflix documentary
• Peter Jennings’ documentary, Ecstasy Rising
• ICPR Conference
• Maslow's hierarchy of needs
• Book, The Religion of Tomorrow by Ken Wilber
• Book, Island by Aldous Huxley
• Ep. 154: Deborah Mash. Healing Addiction With Ibogaine: What the Research Tells Us
• 162 Dr. Andrew Weil. Way of the Future: Healing Through Integrative Medicine & Psychedelics
• MAPS’ Fourth Psychedelic Science Conference
• Santo Daime
• Zendo Project
• Rick Doblin on Twitter
• Rick Doblin on Instagram

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