Kevin Franciotti - Psychedelic Therapy, Iboga and Journalism

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🗓️ 28 March 2017

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Download Kevin is a science writer, graduate student researcher and aspiring clinician, harm reduction educator and substance use recovery advocate. Kyle and Joe talk to him about loads of topics including early Iboga therapies, an early Boston Ibogaine Conference, his approach to journalism and his future aspirations to do future clinical work and research. Kevin's website

Kevin's writing

Public Seminar (2016, The New School blog) - Trump Calls Killing Addicts, "Right Approach"
SSDP Blog (2016) - Recovery and Reform: An Alum's Journey Back
The Fix (2016)
- I Take Psychedelic Drugs and I'm in Recovery
VICE (2016, 2015)
- Inside a Music Festival in a Country Where All Drugs Are Decriminalized
- Meet the Only Doctor in the World Legally Allowed to Use LSD to Treat Patients
New Scientist (2016, 2014, 2013)
Reality Sandwich (2015)
- Growing Pains: Reflections on the Current Psychedelic Renaissance
- A New Perspective: How Ibogaine Treatment Helped Turn My Life Around
Ladybud (2015) – Envisioning a Post-Prohibition World at Psymposia Psychedelics Conference
Reset.me (2015, 2014)
Reason.com (2014) – Psychedelic Science (Acid Test by Tom Shroder book review)

Staff Writer (Fall 2012–Spring 2013) - NuScience Magazine, Northeastern University

Links

Autism 20-25 mg Psilocybin 200 mcg - LSD A Conversation Between Gary Fisher and Myron Stolaroff (2004) - Psychedelic Salon 2009 Ibogaine Conference Northeastern University, Boston, Mass. Alicia Danforth Ph.D -Dissertation National Geographic - Breakthrough season 2

About Kevin:

Kevin graduated from Northeastern University in 2013 with a degree in neuroscience. As an undergraduate he completed an internship as a research assistant at Harvard Medical School working on the Phase 2 dose-response study investigating the therapeutic potential of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for treatment of cancer related anxiety. Kevin was also one of the founders of the Northeastern chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, and in 2009 the group hosted and co-sponsored the Boston Ibogaine Forum. He now lives in New York City where he is enrolled in a clinical psychology graduate program at The New School for Social Research and is pursuing a doctoral degree. Kevin has worked part-time for the Drug Policy Alliance, and also works as a writer covering topics related to psychedelic therapy, addiction, and mental health advocacy. His recent contributions include: New Scientist, Reason.com, Reset.me, Reality Sandwich, and VICE.com.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome back to the show. Joe here, Psychedelics today. Today on the show,
0:10.0	Kyle and I talk to Kevin Franciotti, who is a really cool guy and very interesting to prolific.
0:17.4	At one point, mid-episode, I read off all the stuff he's gotten into.
0:22.6	You can check those all out in the show notes too.
0:24.8	But yeah, stuff with Vice.
0:27.1	He put on a really early Ibegayn conference in Boston.
0:31.1	He and I probably knew a lot of the same folks in Boston, but, you know, somehow we didn't
0:35.7	bump into each other.
0:37.0	Oh, well, we get to meet
0:39.0	in Oakland in a few weeks, which is really cool. Kevin is going to be, I believe it was a new
0:45.1	school he's going to jump into to work towards being a clinical psychologist and doing some
0:51.4	cool addiction work and speaks from experience.
0:54.5	So I think you're really going to like it.
0:56.2	It's a really cool show.
0:57.4	Really appreciate the insight he brought.
0:59.4	And I think he is going to be a really, really, really, really prolific guy after he's done school.
1:06.8	Probably even before he's done school.
1:08.7	Well, I already think he's prolific.
1:10.5	So anything beyond that is quite interesting.
1:13.5	A couple announcements.
1:15.1	I have some workshops coming up in Breckenridge, Colorado, breathwork, dream shadow, transpersonal, breathwork.
1:21.9	May 21, June 4, July 8 and August 6.
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