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Rick Doblin

Rick Doblin

American drug activist

Richard Elliot Doblin (born November 30, 1953) is an American drug activist and executive who is the founder and former[1] executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).

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Life and career

After 37 years, Doblin stepped down as Executive Director of MAPS in February 2023, replaced by Kris Lotlikar.[1]

Controversy

As director of MAPS, Doblin has given comment on the publicised serious allegations of sexual assault by MAPS-employed therapists engaging in a clinical trial trialling psychedelic MDMA as therapy for survivors of sexual assault. Four years after Meaghan Buisson submitted a formal complaint to MAPS regarding the series of incidents, Doblin defended the organisation failing to review all videos of the sessions, stating "This unethical sexual misconduct happened after the therapy was over … So that made us think that we didn't need to review the video."[2]

See also

  • Psychedelia – Film about the history of psychedelic drugs

References

  1. [1]
    Hausfeld, Russell (2023-04-22). "Rick Doblin Is No Longer MAPS' Executive Director. We Didn't Notice — Did You?". Psymposia. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  2. [2]
    "Meaghan thought psychedelic therapy could help her PTSD. Instead it was the start of a nightmare". ABC News. ABC News (Australia). 25 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
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