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GREETINGS 2023, AND A KIND WELCOME TO ALL OF our loyal High Times Magazine readers. I have been dreaming of the day that I would have the opportunity and honor to interview one of the single most committed and respected leaders in the world of psychedelic research and psychedelic healing: Rick Doblin, Ph.D, founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). In 1986, Doblin founded MAPS for the primary purpose of keeping MDMA legalized for therapeutic purposes, but also to support researching the benefits of the other psychedelics as well.
Doblin’s advocacy stretches