Greetings from

Greetings from Cyberdelic Space

Here in the

Psychedelic Salon Greetings from Cyberdelic Space. This is Lorenzo and I'm your host here in the psychedelic salon.

And today we're going to focus on a substance that has had a major impact on my own life and

anecdotally has also made a positive difference in many other lives. The substance is MDMA and at long long last, the U.S. government is allowing it to

be studied in a more rigorous and scientific manner. In the program notes for today, I'll also

include a link to a recent story in the Los Angeles Times about research in this area. And in

addition to mentioning the study that we will be

learning about in this podcast, the push to help veterans suffering from PTSD is also being

considered. So for my personal story about MDMA, you can hear it in my podcast number

380, which is titled Confessions of an Ecstasy Advocate.

Now, today we are first going to get to hear the Palenque Norte talk that Alicia Danforth gave

at the 2013 Burning Man Festival. In it, she brings us up to date about the research that she's

been involved in for the past several years. And following that, I'm going to play the recording of a conversation that I had with Alicia

and Dr. Charles Grobe.

It took place about a week ago, and in that conversation, Alicia and Charlie talked about

their new FDA-approved study, one that began only this month.

And after those two segments, I'll be back to give you an update on our annual pledge drive.

However, in case you're wondering, during the first half of the drive, we have now raised over

two-thirds of the funds that we need for a full year of operation.

So it looks like you're going to have to put up with me here in the salon for another year at least.

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