Tyler Chandler, Nick Meyers and Adrianne - Dosed Movie: Psychedelics and Mental Health
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4.6 • 598 Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2020
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Joe Interviews Dosed filmmakers Tyler Chandler and Nick Meyers, as well as the subject of their documentary, Adrianne.
Show Notes
Nick and Tyler tell the story of how they went from really knowing very little about the psychedelic healing movement to becoming advocates solely from a panicked call from Adrianne.
Adrianne speaks of her journey from opiate addiction and severe depression to trying mushrooms and eventually learning she needed Iboga and a community around her to really fight her way out of a life she no longer wanted to live.
They touch on the costs of Iboga compared to other rehabilitation methods, the often glazed-over dangers of Iboga, the effectiveness of psilocybin against opioid withdrawal, anxiety in the western world, holotropic breathwork as a safer method towards healing, the power of the Pixar movie, Inside Out, and why it would be beneficial for young viewers to watch Dosed.
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Notable Quotes
"I have gotten sober and detoxed many, many, many times and not stayed sober, so obviously while the physical withdrawals are completely excruciating and definitely a big barrier to getting sober, there's really something more to recovery than that, and that's that kind of spiritual experience or awakening. And the psychedelic component is really important to that and I feel like that's what's contributed to me... not only getting sober but staying sober." -Adrianne
"The real problem is that… people are forced to make these decisions and take these risks because something that has been known for 40 years to have this wonderful effect on opioid addicts is somehow something that nobody knows about and isn't legalized." -Nick Meyers
"No matter how you choose to recover or what you do to get sober and stay sober, having a community around you and staying connected with people is so, so important." -Adrianne
"I definitely had a lot of discomfort just learning to… be still or be with myself and not have an escape. That's part of recovery and it's very uncomfortable. It takes time to get used to that. I was always used to having some kind of coping mechanism that took me out of myself, that just helped me not feel uncomfortable or whatever negative feeling I was feeling. So that's always a challenge and there's no shortcuts to that- you do have to just learn to be in your body and feel feelings, which I did not like very much. But, you know, it gets easier over time." -Adrianne
"Everybody is so scared of just saying... 'this is something that teens should do' because nobody wants to have anything bad happen and then have it get traced back to them. But look at the realities of what teens are going through with... the rampant alcohol and other drugs, and… vaping and smoking and all the other vices- prescription medications, everything that's available. And there's like, no guidance, no supervision a lot of the time… What we're doing right now isn't working. Can I dare say it? It would be better if there were rites of passage with psychedelics in controlled settings with proper set, setting and dose with young people, because it really helps you recontextualize and reframe things in your mind." -Nick Meyers
About Dosed
After many years of prescription medications failed her, a suicidal woman turns to underground healers to try and overcome her depression, anxiety, and opioid addiction with illegal psychedelic medicine such as magic mushrooms and iboga. Adrianne's first dose of psilocybin mushrooms catapulted her into an unexpected world of healing where plant medicines are redefining our understanding of mental health and addiction.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody and welcome back to psychedelics today. |
| 0:13.2 | This is Joe Moore coming at you from Breckford, Colorado. |
| 0:15.8 | Today in the show, we have the people who made Dosed, which is an incredible documentary focused on a woman in Canada, |
| 0:27.8 | Vancouver, British Columbia, struggling with substance use disorder and her path |
| 0:35.3 | discovering potentially the healing powers of psychedelic mushrooms and iboga. |
| 0:43.2 | Iboca is pretty big in Vancouver. |
| 0:45.4 | Thankfully, there's a pretty big scene there. |
| 0:47.3 | A fair amount of addiction, too. |
| 0:48.6 | It's a really tough city. |
| 0:50.5 | Gabour Amate kind of discusses the situation, some of those neighborhoods in Vancouver |
| 0:56.0 | and some of his books, and it's pretty incredible to learn about and just know about. |
| 1:00.8 | This movie is really about the healing journey of this woman over the course of time. |
| 1:07.0 | It's certainly a project, and yeah, I'm really happy that I was able to see this movie before it was really released. |
| 1:16.0 | And it's a really, really freaking cool movie. |
| 1:18.9 | So I think people should check it out if you're interested in psychedelics and healing from substance use disorder or just that narrative in general. |
| 1:26.8 | I think it's a really well-done story. |
| 1:30.0 | I read a number of reviews. People have cried a lot watching the movie. You know, because it |
| 1:35.6 | hits close to home. A lot of us probably know people that are suffering pretty hard and don't have |
| 1:42.0 | a great way out. And this film shows a way forward and really impressed with how they were able to put it together |
| 1:50.1 | and happy with their work and definitely think it's a must watch in 2020. |
| 1:55.6 | So take the time, watch it, share it with some friends and family, and you can help shift the narrative. I think |
| 2:01.6 | potentially more than a lot of the older psychedelic documentaries, this one can really help shift |
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