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NEURONS TO NIRVANA: UNDERSTANDING PSYCHEDELIC MEDICINES is a richly- illustrated feature documentary about the resurgence of psychedelics as medicine. Through interviews with the world's foremost researchers, writers, psychologists and pioneers in psychedelic psychotherapy, the film explores five powerful psychedelic substances (LSD, Psilocybin, MDMA, Ayahuasca and Cannabis) and their previously established medicinal and psychotherapeutic potential.
Featuring interviews with leading psychologists and scientists including:
Gabor Mate, award-winning author, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts expert on addiction and body health
Rick Doblin, PhD, President and Founder of the Mulitdisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies – MAPS
Dr. Dennis McKenna, ethnopharmacologist, Stanford University School of Medicine expert on DMT and ayahuasca
Michael Mithoefer, primary researcher on treating PTSD with MDMA. Featured in Huffington Post.
Special features: Extended interviews with Gabor Mate, Rick Doblin, Julie Holland
Original Release
11/01/2013
US Release
11/01/2013
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lesley Ewen | Narrator |
Dennis J. McKenna | Self |
David Healy | Self |
David E. Nichols | Self |
Wade Davis | Self |
Ingrid Pacey | Self |
Michael Winkelman | Self |
Roland Griffiths | Self |
William Richards | Self |
Gábor Máté | Self |
Directors
Mikki Willis, Oliver Hockenhull
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lesley Ewen | Narrator |
Dennis J. McKenna | Self |
David Healy | Self |
David E. Nichols | Self |
Wade Davis | Self |
Ingrid Pacey | Self |
Michael Winkelman | Self |
Roland Griffiths | Self |
William Richards | Self |
Gábor Máté | Self |
Ralph Metzner | Self |
Stephen Ross | Self |
Charles Grob | Self |
Rick Doblin | Self |
David Nutt | Self |
Kathleen Harrison | Self |
Julie Holland | Self |
Michael Mithoefer | Self |
Manuel Schoch | Self |
Amanda Feilding | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Mark Achbar | Executive Producer |
Betsy Carson | Executive Producer |
Jon Schultz | Executive Producer |
Travis Call | Producer |
Giancarlo Canavesio | Producer |
Akira Chan | Producer |
Shannon Cohn | Producer |
Oliver Hockenhull | Producer |
Sol Tryon | Producer |
Mikki Willis | Producer |