Rick Doblin

Yeah, that's one of the things that has been happening in terms of the raves and ecstasy use. So that occasionally people will overheat and die from MDMA, where you dance all night, you don't drink alcohol. Right. Adequate fluid. And you can get hyperthermia. And there are some cases. So that's one of the dangers of ecstasy use outside of therapeutic context.

And so people have heard, OK, now I need to drink fluids in order to not overheat. And there have been cases of people that have died from drinking too much water.

And so people have heard, OK, now I need to drink fluids in order to not overheat. And there have been cases of people that have died from drinking too much water.

And so people have heard, OK, now I need to drink fluids in order to not overheat. And there have been cases of people that have died from drinking too much water.

You're reminding me of something funny. David Nutt was the drug policy advisor for the British government, and he did a ranking of the dangers of all these different drugs. And what he found was that the psychedelics were at the very low end of the dangers. And so he talked about how horseback riding – was more dangerous than ecstasy.

You're reminding me of something funny. David Nutt was the drug policy advisor for the British government, and he did a ranking of the dangers of all these different drugs. And what he found was that the psychedelics were at the very low end of the dangers. And so he talked about how horseback riding – was more dangerous than ecstasy.

You're reminding me of something funny. David Nutt was the drug policy advisor for the British government, and he did a ranking of the dangers of all these different drugs. And what he found was that the psychedelics were at the very low end of the dangers. And so he talked about how horseback riding – was more dangerous than ecstasy.

Yeah. And so he got fired for that because he was telling the truth. He was making people love horseback riding in England. Oh, that's crazy. So what MAPS did is that we- He got fired for telling the truth. Well, he was the drug policy advisor saying things that people did not want to hear.

Yeah. And so he got fired for that because he was telling the truth. He was making people love horseback riding in England. Oh, that's crazy. So what MAPS did is that we- He got fired for telling the truth. Well, he was the drug policy advisor saying things that people did not want to hear.

Yeah. And so he got fired for that because he was telling the truth. He was making people love horseback riding in England. Oh, that's crazy. So what MAPS did is that we- He got fired for telling the truth. Well, he was the drug policy advisor saying things that people did not want to hear.

Yeah. So we did something similar. We looked at cheerleading.

Yeah. So we did something similar. We looked at cheerleading.

Yeah. So we did something similar. We looked at cheerleading.

And we looked at the emergency room visits on a per person visit for the percentage of people that do cheerleading that go to the emergency room versus the percentage of people that do ecstasy. And cheerleading is more dangerous. Oh, yeah.

And we looked at the emergency room visits on a per person visit for the percentage of people that do cheerleading that go to the emergency room versus the percentage of people that do ecstasy. And cheerleading is more dangerous. Oh, yeah.

And we looked at the emergency room visits on a per person visit for the percentage of people that do cheerleading that go to the emergency room versus the percentage of people that do ecstasy. And cheerleading is more dangerous. Oh, yeah.

Yeah. So we had a poster that we made. It said, give me an E. Oh, God, that's so silly. But here's the thing.

Yeah. So we had a poster that we made. It said, give me an E. Oh, God, that's so silly. But here's the thing.

Yeah. So we had a poster that we made. It said, give me an E. Oh, God, that's so silly. But here's the thing.

Yeah. Well, I think that in those circumstances, people believe that there's benefits that outweigh the risks. Amusement parks? Yes. Well, people enjoy them.