#377 — The Future of Psychedelic Medicine 2

Sam Harris speaks with Dr. Jennifer Mitchell and Dr. Sarah Abedi
about recent developments in research on psychedelics. They
discuss the history of this research and the war on drugs, recent
setbacks in the FDA approval process, MDMA as a treatment for
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the challenges of
conducting this research, allegations of therapist misconduct,
new therapeutic models for mental health treatment,
psychoneuroimmunology, "non-psychedelic" psychedelics, good and
bad trips, the FDA's coming decision on MDMA-assisted therapy,
"right-to-try" policies for pharmaceuticals, the role of
psychedelic therapists, the problem of having all this
therapeutic work being done underground, and other topics.


Petition to approve MDMA-assisted therapy for
PTSD: https://www.approvemdmatherapy.com/


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