#440: Rick Doblin — The Psychedelic Domino That Tips All Others

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways Rick founded MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) as a non-profit organization in 1986 to raise awareness and understanding of psychedelic substance56% of patients no longer required treatment for PTSD after two months of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy “Most subjects received just two to three sessions of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy” – Tim FerrissThe average patient in the study suffered from PTSD for 17.8 YEARS before being treated and healed with MDMA In humans, taking MDMA releases the association of trauma to a negative memory and makes people feel safe the next time they recall that incident“The next time that you remember the incident, you remember the incident with a different emotional tone and that can be encoded in new neural pathways in your brian” – Rick DoblinYou need MDMA and therapy to get the most effective treatment for PTSD“It’s not really MDMA, it’s psychotherapy facilitated by MDMA” – Rick DoblinMDMA brings unconscious thoughts to the surface, but if you’re not prepared for that you could have a breakdown instead of a breakthrougheval(ez_write_tag([[728,90],'podcastnotes_org-medrectangle-3','ezslot_0',122,'0','0']));

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Rick Doblin, PhD, (@rickdoblin) 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 and his master’s thesis on a survey of oncologists about smoked marijuana vs. the oral THC pill in nausea control for cancer patients. Rick was also one of the early students under the legendary Dr. Stanislav Grof.

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If you are interested in learning more about MAPS’s critical work and Phase 3 studies to make MDMA-assisted psychotherapy an approved treatment for PTSD, please visit maps.org/capstone

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