About the film and LRD
Prescription X: The Rick Doblin Story is feature length documentary being produced by Interconnected Media that will tell the remarkable story of Dr. Rick Doblin, the founder and Executive Director of MAPS - the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies, who has dedicated his life to legalizing psychedelics for therapeutic use, starting with MDMA to treat PTSD. When Rick was 18 years old, he decided he wanted to become a Psychedelic Psychotherapist. But before he could do that, he realized he would have to change the laws. And before he could change the laws, he would have to change himself. Rick went from being a college dropout with a pet wolf to a Harvard Kennedy Grad who wrote his doctorate on how to bring psychedelics through the FDA drug approval process. Now decades later, with MDMA in the final Phase 3 of FDA clinical trials, Rick and his team at MAPS are just a few years from accomplishing something that for decades seemed impossible. This film will follow the unlikely life-long journey of Dr. Doblin to realize his dream of becoming a Psychedelic Psychotherapist, while changing the world along the way.
LEGALIZE RICK DOBLIN
Legalize Rick Doblin is a meme we created, initially to go on a t-shirt idea that MAPS Board Member Joe Green wanted to make using our photo of Rick at Burning Man to bring for friends to wear to Rick’s TED Talk, the first main stage talk about psychedelics in the history of the TED conference. Rick was a bit nervous on stage, but when he saw a front row of friends wearing these LRD shirts, he smiled and relaxed. The shirts became a hit at TED, and soon people were asking us to make more (we sold out of our first printing… MAPS is helping us make more). Join our LRD supporters to help us tell the incredible story of Rick and the work of MAPS to transform mental health care for millions of people worldwide.
