Rick Doblin

And he wrote something very interesting that I think has relevance to where we're at today in America. And he talked about how we tend to think of that the revolutions start with the oppressed and that the oppressed throw off their chains and they end up amassing all these people and they try to work for a better world. He said, but that's not actually what happens.

The revolutions don't begin with the oppressed because often that's the purpose of oppression is to make it so they can't do that. They're so focused on survival. He said the revolutions usually begin with the privileged. who for one reason or another use their freedom, use their privilege to argue, to work towards a better life.

The revolutions don't begin with the oppressed because often that's the purpose of oppression is to make it so they can't do that. They're so focused on survival. He said the revolutions usually begin with the privileged. who for one reason or another use their freedom, use their privilege to argue, to work towards a better life.

The revolutions don't begin with the oppressed because often that's the purpose of oppression is to make it so they can't do that. They're so focused on survival. He said the revolutions usually begin with the privileged. who for one reason or another use their freedom, use their privilege to argue, to work towards a better life.

So what it means to me is that if you have this privilege, you have the opportunity. obligation and the opportunity to do things that other people cannot do. It reminds me also of the hierarchy of needs. Many people have heard of Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs. And the bottom one is survival, that you have to work on core survival. If

So what it means to me is that if you have this privilege, you have the opportunity. obligation and the opportunity to do things that other people cannot do. It reminds me also of the hierarchy of needs. Many people have heard of Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs. And the bottom one is survival, that you have to work on core survival. If

So what it means to me is that if you have this privilege, you have the opportunity. obligation and the opportunity to do things that other people cannot do. It reminds me also of the hierarchy of needs. Many people have heard of Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs. And the bottom one is survival, that you have to work on core survival. If

We've had these surveys that say a vast proportion of America cannot afford a $500 or $1,000 unexpected expense. So you're living at this edge of anxiety, economic anxiety. You can't really think about many other ways to protest because you're focused on survival. Right. So I felt that I was born into this privileged place and it took multiple generations from refugees from the American dream.

We've had these surveys that say a vast proportion of America cannot afford a $500 or $1,000 unexpected expense. So you're living at this edge of anxiety, economic anxiety. You can't really think about many other ways to protest because you're focused on survival. Right. So I felt that I was born into this privileged place and it took multiple generations from refugees from the American dream.

We've had these surveys that say a vast proportion of America cannot afford a $500 or $1,000 unexpected expense. So you're living at this edge of anxiety, economic anxiety. You can't really think about many other ways to protest because you're focused on survival. Right. So I felt that I was born into this privileged place and it took multiple generations from refugees from the American dream.

And so I felt I've had this mission of this use the privilege for making it a better world. So I've not been focused on making money. I've not been focused on I've been focused on. bringing these healing and spiritual potentials of psychedelics back to the world.

And so I felt I've had this mission of this use the privilege for making it a better world. So I've not been focused on making money. I've not been focused on I've been focused on. bringing these healing and spiritual potentials of psychedelics back to the world.

And so I felt I've had this mission of this use the privilege for making it a better world. So I've not been focused on making money. I've not been focused on I've been focused on. bringing these healing and spiritual potentials of psychedelics back to the world.

And one of the things that was so reassuring to me, and I think that people who will come to the psychedelic conference will see this, is that once FDA said no to MDMA-assisted therapy, that they weren't ready to approve it, that they wanted to see more data. I was incredibly depressed and frustrated and all that.

And one of the things that was so reassuring to me, and I think that people who will come to the psychedelic conference will see this, is that once FDA said no to MDMA-assisted therapy, that they weren't ready to approve it, that they wanted to see more data. I was incredibly depressed and frustrated and all that.

And one of the things that was so reassuring to me, and I think that people who will come to the psychedelic conference will see this, is that once FDA said no to MDMA-assisted therapy, that they weren't ready to approve it, that they wanted to see more data. I was incredibly depressed and frustrated and all that.

But it took me a couple months to realize that this psychedelic renaissance, that MAPS, Lycos could disappear, but that there is so much going on with research into a whole range of different psychedelics. That the field was moving forward regardless. That something had been accomplished. That this psychedelic renaissance was really moving forward.

But it took me a couple months to realize that this psychedelic renaissance, that MAPS, Lycos could disappear, but that there is so much going on with research into a whole range of different psychedelics. That the field was moving forward regardless. That something had been accomplished. That this psychedelic renaissance was really moving forward.

But it took me a couple months to realize that this psychedelic renaissance, that MAPS, Lycos could disappear, but that there is so much going on with research into a whole range of different psychedelics. That the field was moving forward regardless. That something had been accomplished. That this psychedelic renaissance was really moving forward.

And that that was this wave that I think is unstoppable. That we're seeing the healing potentials in so many different ways with so many different drugs. So that gave me this realization. It was kind of reassuring, yeah, that even though we were the first out of the gate and the FDA wasn't ready, things are moving forward in a great way.