Dr. Ben Rein

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The Liz Moody Podcast · Stanford Neuroscientist: THIS Is The Secret To Living Longer (It's Not Diet Or Exercise) · 10 Jun 2026 podcast

So like MDMA, for instance, anyone who's ever taken MDMA will tell you that like you just you feel so connected with everyone, like you love everyone.

It's like the most intense and euphoric social experience ever.

What MDMA does is it acts on both dopamine and serotonin.

the dopamine piece has been shown to be this stimulant effect.

And also people who have taken MDMA will tell you, I just wanted to sprint around and I'm grinding my teeth and I'm sweating, my heart rate is up.

That's because it's a stimulant.

So MDMA actually stands for 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine.

So it's very similar to meth, has this dopamine effect.

But then on the side, it also has this huge serotonin effect.

And so the idea is like,

what if we could just take out all of that dopamine stuff, remove the stimulant effects, and just have this intensely pro-social, empathogenic- Wait, that sounds amazing.

Yeah, it's in trials.

It may work, it may not work.

There may be use cases for it.

And also it may turn out that

something about the dopamine alongside it is important.

So it might not work for that reason.

Whenever I talk about MDMA and how it boosts empathy, people are like, should we put it in the water?

And if we had access to a drug that would make people more empathic and connected,

Where would it fit into society?

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