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Updates from MAPS: Current Initiatives, Psychedelic Science 2025, and Music as a Bridge

April 12, 2024
Featuring: Devon Phillips

In this episode, Joe interviews Devon Phillips: Community & Partnerships officer for the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).

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In this episode, Joe interviews Devon Phillips: Community & Partnerships officer for the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).

Phillips works on strategies to tackle the questions: How do we responsibly mainstream psychedelics? And how do we get culture engaged? He’s focusing on being the bridge to psychedelics outside of research, facilitating workshops and psychedelic coming-out stories at music festivals and conferences. He talks about harm reduction and drug checking at festivals, the concept of training big names to become trustworthy resources, the differences found in a hop hop crowd compared to EDM, and the power in using psychedelics for pleasure and celebration – not just healing and growth. 

He also discusses:

  • MAPS’ involvement with the NFL for their ‘My Cause, My Cleats’ campaign, and how the San Francisco 49ers’ Jon Feliciano is bringing awareness to psychedelic healing
  • Details about MAPS’ first responders training, fiscal sponsorship program, international therapist education program, and upcoming membership program (launching in June)
  • The success of MAPS’ Psychedelic Science and his hopes for the 2025 edition, taking place June 16 – 20 at the Denver Convention Center
  • Dr. Carl Hart, drug exceptionalism, and the importance of creating safe containers and inclusive drug policy 

and more!

Links

Maps.org

Maps.org: 49ers’ Jon Feliciano supports MAPS as part of the 2023 NFL “My Cleats, My Cause” campaign

Maps.org: MAPS Provides Psychedelic Crisis Assessment and Intervention Training to Denver’s First Responders

Maps.org: MAPS Unveils Improved Fiscal Sponsorship Program, Empowering Innovators in the Psychedelic Movement

Maps.org: Psychedelic Science 2025 – the Fifth and Largest Psychedelic Conference in History – Announced for June 16-20 2025 in Denver, Colorado

High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society, by Dr. Carl Hart

Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear, by Dr. Carl L. Hart

PT236 – Drugs: Honesty, Responsibility, and Logic featuring: Dr. Carl Hart

Atableofourown.org

PT278 – Ayize Jama-Everett, Courtney Watson, Leticia Brown, and Kufikiri Imara – A Table of Our Own

Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel, by Tom Wainwright

Texas Eclipse Festival

Wearetheloop.org

Dancesafe.org

Danalarsen.com

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Devon Phillips

In this Episode

Devon Phillips

Devon is the Community & Partnerships officer for the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). With his work, Devon develops strategies and partnerships to answer the question: “How do we responsibly mainstream psychedelics?” His background is in behavioral neuroscience and human-centered design, but he has a deep love for art, music, and fashion. Before joining MAPS, Devon founded a virtual reality software start-up that was later acquired in 2018. He is also the co-founder of the harm reduction fashion company, More Life. Devon describes himself as a culture nerd who loves the complexity of humanity and wants to be the bridge between our cultures and consciousness exploration. He says you can usually find him under a tree, reading Plato and bumping Biggie.

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