Psychonautica #44 - developing psychedelics into legal presc

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In this week's edition of psychonautica, Max first mentions a psychedelic video-cast called 'Neurosoup' available on youtube. Next Max plays the first part of a 2-part talk from the world Psychedelic forum called 'developing LSD, psilocybin and other psychedelics into legal prescription medicines', with Rick Doblin, founder of MAPS, and Michael Mithoefer. They talk about the high cost of psychedelic research, the benefits of non-profit research, the potential benefits of the integration of psychedelics into medicine, Native American peyote use, and ayahuasca churches, the scientific approach to psychedelics, risk/benefit analysis, the low credibility of the war on drugs and government attitudes to drugs, patentability of psychedelic drugs, the frequency of administration of psychedelics in therapy compared to the daily use of pharmaceutical drugs, the economics of drug development, how to keeping the heart of the psychedelic experience in scientific research settings, MDMA assisted psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder, general obstacles to treating PTSD, the process of therapy sessions, Stan Grof's influence on therapy procedures, the importance of follow-up sessions, the possibility that symptoms get worse before getting better, and different approaches to psychotherapy.


web links:
CBC magic mushroom podcast
http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/current_20080723_6736.mp3
Neurosoup website:
www.neurosoup.com


Playlist: Dr Octagon - Earth people

DOWNLOAD HERE:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/dopecast/ ... ica044.mp3