Rick Doblin

The cultural integration of psychedelics won't happen overnight, and the question of young people is perhaps the most difficult involved. The first…

— Rick Doblin

People tend to link "sex and drugs" because both are condemned by society. Nevertheless, throughout the ages human beings have continually searched…

— Rick Doblin

“Terence McKenna pointed out that "the profundity of [hallucinogenic inebriation] and its potential for a positive feedback into the process of reorganizing…

— Rick Doblin

Psychedelics are not a substitute for faith. They are a door to authentic faith, born of encountering directly the sacred dimension of…

— Rick Doblin

“We've been told that with regard to seduction, "candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker," but in truth, rather, properly selected: "candy…

— Rick Doblin

“The human psyche is not unitary; we all have different parts. This phenomenon is widely recognized, but in psychiatry the terminology and…

— Rick Doblin

“My brief survey of stimulant aphrodisiacs would be incomplete were I to fail to include that most famous love drug of all…

— Rick Doblin

“If we recognize the power of entheogenic substances to open us to the universal truth and full dimension of human experience, and…

— Rick Doblin

We are all dying and we all have some anxiety about it. And so people are more scared of dying than they…

— Rick Doblin

The government has a monopoly on the supply of marijuana that you can use in FDA-approved research. So even though there are…

— Rick Doblin

Once you've produced the scientific data that's necessary to make a drug into a medicine, you've gone a long way towards mainstreaming…

— Rick Doblin

“The question that we need to address is this: What relevance do these ancient traditions have to the experience of a modern…

— Rick Doblin

It should come as no surprise to readers of the MAPS Bulletin that psychedelic plants are used as a sacrament by many…

— Rick Doblin

Students of the psychedelic realm know that one's expectations are a powerful determinant of the direction, content, and outcome of the experience.…

— Rick Doblin