Setting the Record Straight on MDMA, MAPS + the FDA

Psychedelic scholar, Robert Forte, returned to the podcast to FINALLY set the record straight on MDMA, MAPS and the FDA’s recent (and salient) decision to not approve Rick Doblin’s MDMA trauma therapy proposal, which the fake alt media community would have us believing is some sort of travesty. Oy.Part 2:danikatz.locals.comwww.patreon.com/danikatzwww.danikatz.comFind Robert:Twitter: @divinecomedy56https://www.alteredstatesofamerica.net/https://alteredstatesofamerica.substack.com/Show notes:Returning to the USA from GreeceSetting the record straight: MDMA, MAPS & the FDARFK & drug policy advisoryUpholding “The Narrative”: Joe Rogan, Aubrey Marcus, Jordan PetersonPsychedelic field researchersOrigins of Forte’s MDMA journeyUS Neo-Conservatism & TotalitarianismTimothy Leary and Frank BaronConference of 1981 and Esalen InstituteHunter S. ThompsonDoblin- Secret snitch to Drug Guru and media darling“Conspiracy theorist” label vs real drug-related conspiraciesAmanda Fielding, Rebel Wisdom, ConspiritualityBooks: CIA, drug trade conspiraciesWWII: OSS members to Harvard professors/CIATimothy Leary: 1948 CIA funded MKUltraOperation Paperclip- Nazi’s into USAAmerican Spirit diluted with drug psyops40’s-50’s psychedelic researchLeary- flawed character with anti-authoritarian spirit1985- Forte at U of Chicago- religion studyCharles Schuster & MDMA brain damageSchedule 1 drug & most popular drug in the worldEcstasy & Rave movement- drug deployment psychological warfareSalon article: art students, Mossad spies, DEA & drug ringsRick Doblin- questionable credentialsHeseg Foundation- “greatest moment of his life”Disclaimer- re Israel‘Orphan drug’- MDMA has no owner/no $ for PharmaAlex Shulgin- Bohemian GroveHuxley- Soma for the masses1984- MAPS (scam) launched- non-profit to $15kLeonard Pickard- DIA, LSD, & MDMAWhere is MAPS now?1970=Controlled Substance Act$16 million grant at Harvard for psychedelic researchBring MDMA back to consciousness explorationBill Maher and story-tellingAltered States of America and psychedelic movements