Brigham Buhler

And then you hire a bunch of type A, young, hungry kids. You train them up, you put them into a marketplace and you say, go produce results. And then all of their incentives are not based on patient outcomes. It's based on pushing more drug and product into the marketplace. And so the company's based off that. The quarterly earnings are based off that. The hospital system's based off that.

And then you hire a bunch of type A, young, hungry kids. You train them up, you put them into a marketplace and you say, go produce results. And then all of their incentives are not based on patient outcomes. It's based on pushing more drug and product into the marketplace. And so the company's based off that. The quarterly earnings are based off that. The hospital system's based off that.

The medical practice is based off that. Every touchpoint throughout the system has been corrupted and colluded to maximize profits and get patients in and out the door and get them on prescription drugs. And I learned that in my 20s. That was the most jarring thing that I learned. There were times I would go in and meet with doctors and they would go, no, I've got to deal with Pfizer.

The medical practice is based off that. Every touchpoint throughout the system has been corrupted and colluded to maximize profits and get patients in and out the door and get them on prescription drugs. And I learned that in my 20s. That was the most jarring thing that I learned. There were times I would go in and meet with doctors and they would go, no, I've got to deal with Pfizer.

The medical practice is based off that. Every touchpoint throughout the system has been corrupted and colluded to maximize profits and get patients in and out the door and get them on prescription drugs. And I learned that in my 20s. That was the most jarring thing that I learned. There were times I would go in and meet with doctors and they would go, no, I've got to deal with Pfizer.

Or no, I've got to deal with so-and-so. Or no, that guy just took me on a ski trip. I'm going to use their stuff. And... I was a young, dumb kid. And when I started, I sold Cialis. So the Viagra competitor. So walking in and selling that, you're like Elvis Presley. Seriously, like as a drug rep, it was like a big deal. It was a brand new drug. It had no mega side effects. Everyone loved it.

Or no, I've got to deal with so-and-so. Or no, that guy just took me on a ski trip. I'm going to use their stuff. And... I was a young, dumb kid. And when I started, I sold Cialis. So the Viagra competitor. So walking in and selling that, you're like Elvis Presley. Seriously, like as a drug rep, it was like a big deal. It was a brand new drug. It had no mega side effects. Everyone loved it.

Or no, I've got to deal with so-and-so. Or no, that guy just took me on a ski trip. I'm going to use their stuff. And... I was a young, dumb kid. And when I started, I sold Cialis. So the Viagra competitor. So walking in and selling that, you're like Elvis Presley. Seriously, like as a drug rep, it was like a big deal. It was a brand new drug. It had no mega side effects. Everyone loved it.

That means 70% of people on an antidepressant are not getting the results they hoped for.

That means 70% of people on an antidepressant are not getting the results they hoped for.

That means 70% of people on an antidepressant are not getting the results they hoped for.

Oh, it's insane. And for the last 20 years, it's been one of the fastest growing medications prescribed. But yet our deaths of despair are at an all-time high. Depression, anxiety, all-time high. We are chronically mentally ill as a society in addition to physically ill. And treatments that work way better than antidepressants are blocked from the marketplace.

Oh, it's insane. And for the last 20 years, it's been one of the fastest growing medications prescribed. But yet our deaths of despair are at an all-time high. Depression, anxiety, all-time high. We are chronically mentally ill as a society in addition to physically ill. And treatments that work way better than antidepressants are blocked from the marketplace.

Oh, it's insane. And for the last 20 years, it's been one of the fastest growing medications prescribed. But yet our deaths of despair are at an all-time high. Depression, anxiety, all-time high. We are chronically mentally ill as a society in addition to physically ill. And treatments that work way better than antidepressants are blocked from the marketplace.

Treatments like, you know, you and I talked about before we started the podcast, like psychedelics, Ibogaine, you know, a product like Ibogaine has an 80 plus percent success rate. One time use.

Treatments like, you know, you and I talked about before we started the podcast, like psychedelics, Ibogaine, you know, a product like Ibogaine has an 80 plus percent success rate. One time use.

Treatments like, you know, you and I talked about before we started the podcast, like psychedelics, Ibogaine, you know, a product like Ibogaine has an 80 plus percent success rate. One time use.

It's a psychedelic that's been used for over 8,000 years by indigenous cultures. It started on the plains of Africa and now Stanford University is researching it heavily for antidepressant, PTSD, anxiety, sleep, all of it. One time use. Over 80 percent right now. Right now it's at a clinic in Mexico or outside of the United States because it's not legalized yet in the U.S.

It's a psychedelic that's been used for over 8,000 years by indigenous cultures. It started on the plains of Africa and now Stanford University is researching it heavily for antidepressant, PTSD, anxiety, sleep, all of it. One time use. Over 80 percent right now. Right now it's at a clinic in Mexico or outside of the United States because it's not legalized yet in the U.S.

It's a psychedelic that's been used for over 8,000 years by indigenous cultures. It started on the plains of Africa and now Stanford University is researching it heavily for antidepressant, PTSD, anxiety, sleep, all of it. One time use. Over 80 percent right now. Right now it's at a clinic in Mexico or outside of the United States because it's not legalized yet in the U.S.