We've all heard really scary things about psychedelics.
Get away!
They scrambled your chromosomes.
They caused you to hop off of buildings.
It was all terrifying.
So I took a look at the true effects
of these substances.
I was very surprised at what I found.
Mescaline, psilocybin,
MDMA, LSD.
For a lot of people, this was the bad and evil drugs.
But the opposite is true.
There are really people who could benefit.
can't wait to see what's going to happen.
What if mental health problems
like OCD, PTSD, alcoholism, and depression
could all be helped?
I'm a fairly conservative, sober scientist,
but I've seen it work.
And this medicine here starts to help heal.
Some of my friends said, "Don't do it!"
Psychedelic therapy
has the potential to revolutionize
mental health care.
They broaden the lens, and you realize, "Oh my goodness."
"There's all of this. I didn't know."
It's like a light bulb has gone off.
My story is the same story as millions of veterans.
Where my story becomes unique is I took MDMA three times.
It saved my life.
It really did short-circuit this suicidal period that I was in.
It's not like magic bullet that everything's perfect.
But just think how much human suffering could be relieved.
This is the tool for understanding the mind.
This tension continues to grow.
If the drug war ends, what's the peace look like?
We're all striving to have good health and happiness.
This medicine helped me stand on my own two feet.
True science
probes the very frontiers of human knowledge.
And that's where psychedelic research is right now.