Rick Doblin, Ph.D., MAPS Founder and Executive Director

Psychedelics, when used wisely, have the potential to heal us, help inspire us, and perhaps even save us."

 “If the words ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness’ don’t include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn’t worth the hemp it was written on.” ~ Terence McKenna
 

Eddie Marritz, a cinematographer and photographer in remission from small-cell carcinoma, was a participant in one of N.Y.U.'s Psilocybin Cancer Anxiety research studies. Marritz, and the researchers, take us through the healing experience and explain the power of magic mushrooms.
 

The Idea of "Self"

Artificial intelligence researcher Ben Goertzel: "There's a tremendous amount of insight that can be plumbed using these various substances. By making psychedelics illegal, modern governments are getting in the way of meaningful research and the development of "cultural institutions to guide people in really productive use of these substances."