Death by Dogma: How Psychedelic Addiction Research Was Erased | Psychedelic Science 2025

Описание: What if the greatest breakthroughs in addiction recovery had already happened — and we erased them?

This talk, delivered at Psychedelic Science 2025, explores the systematic erasure of psychedelic research in addiction treatment. From 19th-century cures to modern harm reduction, this is the untold story of how powerful breakthroughs were buried under political fear, institutional rigidity, and behavioral orthodoxy. For over 140 years, addiction recovery has been revolutionized — only to be systematically forgotten. From the Keeley Gold Cure and the Belladonna Cure that helped shape early American rehab efforts, to Bill Wilson’s secret experiences with LSD-assisted therapy, history shows a pattern of innovation — and erasure.In the 1950s, Canadian researchers Dr. Abram Hoffer and Dr. Humphry Osmond pioneered the use of LSD to treat alcoholism, while the Hollywood Hospital under Al Hubbard and Dr. Ross MacLean explored psychedelic therapy for emotional and spiritual healing. Yet despite early successes, political fear and institutional dogma buried these advances beneath rigid behavioral treatment models like the Minnesota Model.

This presentation traces the hidden lineage of recovery innovation — plant medicines, emotional healing, and psychedelic-assisted therapy — and challenges participants to reexamine how we define sobriety, recovery, and emotional healing today. Reclaiming these forgotten breakthroughs is not just history — it is the future of recovery.

Discover:

-The history of the Keeley Gold Cure and Belladonna Cure in early American rehabs
-How Alcoholics Anonymous grew while rejecting Bill Wilson’s psychedelic-assisted therapy
-The lost promise of Dr. Abram Hoffer, Dr. Humphry Osmond, and the Hollywood Hospital
-The dominance of the Minnesota Model — and what it left behind
-The truth about iboga, ibogaine, and non-ordinary states in addiction interruption
-Why plant medicine, emotional healing, and psychedelic therapy still matter today

🧠 Addiction has emotional, spiritual, and neurological roots — yet modern treatment still prioritizes behavior over meaning. This talk is a call to reclaim forgotten pathways and imagine a future where recovery means more than abstinence.

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