Dr. Dave Rabin
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And that's the legacy that we are trying to dispel of propaganda that has changed the perspective to be anti-psychedelic drug and anti-altered state throughout all of the medical and scientific community and throughout the government and throughout the general population, because people think they're going to lose their minds if they take these medicines. And that's certainly not true.
And that's the legacy that we are trying to dispel of propaganda that has changed the perspective to be anti-psychedelic drug and anti-altered state throughout all of the medical and scientific community and throughout the government and throughout the general population, because people think they're going to lose their minds if they take these medicines. And that's certainly not true.
It's a rare side effect. If people use them incorrectly or abuse them, certainly you cause damage, right? But guess what? Like you can kill yourself with Tylenol, right? Tylenol is an over-the-counter drug that you can buy at any store, as much of it as you want. You can buy it at any drug store and it can kill you if you misuse or abuse it. Like actually by destroying your liver.
It's a rare side effect. If people use them incorrectly or abuse them, certainly you cause damage, right? But guess what? Like you can kill yourself with Tylenol, right? Tylenol is an over-the-counter drug that you can buy at any store, as much of it as you want. You can buy it at any drug store and it can kill you if you misuse or abuse it. Like actually by destroying your liver.
Psychedelic medicines don't destroy your physical body. They don't cause physical toxicity. in the same way that something like Tylenol or Ibuprofen, which can cause kidney failure if you take too much of it, can do, right?
Psychedelic medicines don't destroy your physical body. They don't cause physical toxicity. in the same way that something like Tylenol or Ibuprofen, which can cause kidney failure if you take too much of it, can do, right?
So even just thinking about it from a scientific perspective of this relative safety profile, or what we call the toxicity profile of psychedelic medicines versus things that are common in our over-the-counter space like
So even just thinking about it from a scientific perspective of this relative safety profile, or what we call the toxicity profile of psychedelic medicines versus things that are common in our over-the-counter space like
Tylenol and ibuprofen or aspirin or things like opiates, narcotics, benzodiazepines, other mental health drugs, these are all riskier and more dangerous to the physical body and our overall health than a proper use of psychedelic medicine. And proper use is very important, right?
Tylenol and ibuprofen or aspirin or things like opiates, narcotics, benzodiazepines, other mental health drugs, these are all riskier and more dangerous to the physical body and our overall health than a proper use of psychedelic medicine. And proper use is very important, right?
Like we don't prescribe these medicines to people and say, oh, just use them however you want, however it feels right for you. Like that's not how medicine works. Right. The dose makes the poison, right? That's the saying that has existed in medicine forever. The dose makes the poison.
Like we don't prescribe these medicines to people and say, oh, just use them however you want, however it feels right for you. Like that's not how medicine works. Right. The dose makes the poison, right? That's the saying that has existed in medicine forever. The dose makes the poison.
So if you're using something incorrectly, you best believe you're probably going to have some unwanted side effects from it. So what we really talk about, and I think this is where it becomes easier to explain to people is there's a proper way to use these things. This is what they are. There's nothing scary about it.
So if you're using something incorrectly, you best believe you're probably going to have some unwanted side effects from it. So what we really talk about, and I think this is where it becomes easier to explain to people is there's a proper way to use these things. This is what they are. There's nothing scary about it.
It's helping relearn and remind you how to access a natural state in your body, which you can access on your own with breath work. If you don't want to take a psychedelic drug, you can access it by teaching yourself how to breathe properly too, right? And you can access it in your dreams. Like every single person who has ever had a dream has had a psychedelic experience.
It's helping relearn and remind you how to access a natural state in your body, which you can access on your own with breath work. If you don't want to take a psychedelic drug, you can access it by teaching yourself how to breathe properly too, right? And you can access it in your dreams. Like every single person who has ever had a dream has had a psychedelic experience.
And we think that this is like a drug-only experience. It's not true. So as you start to explain this understanding to people, people start, even the biggest skeptics start to say, oh, maybe there's more to this that I should look into, right?
And we think that this is like a drug-only experience. It's not true. So as you start to explain this understanding to people, people start, even the biggest skeptics start to say, oh, maybe there's more to this that I should look into, right?
And then that's all you need to do is just kind of invigorate that spark of curiosity for people that maybe everything they knew about this topic is not correct. And then they start to figure it out on their own. But I think the next step that we need to teach people that's really important
And then that's all you need to do is just kind of invigorate that spark of curiosity for people that maybe everything they knew about this topic is not correct. And then they start to figure it out on their own. But I think the next step that we need to teach people that's really important