Episode 17: Cannabis, Opioid Use Disorder & Overdose Prevention: A Harm Reduction Conversation with Dr MJ Milloy

May 1st, 2025  |  1 hr 19 mins

Using Cannabis to Delay Opioid Use: Harm Reduction Strategies for Overdose Prevention with Dr. M-J Milloy

Why isn’t the evidence around supervised injection sites leading to real change? How does cannabis interact with opioid use treatment? In this episode, Dr. M-J Milloy, Interim Director of Research at BCCSU, dives into the data—and the disconnect—between science and policy. We explore gendered and SES experiences of substance use, the link between housing and drug safety, and how research can drive more compassionate public health responses.

Episode 16: Healing & Harm Reduction in Psychedelics: A Conversation with Erica Siegal

April 30th, 2025  |  1 hr 18 mins

mental-health, psychedelics, research, science

How can we make psychedelic healing safer?
In this episode, MAPS Canada's Podcast host, Osheen Dayal, talks with Erica Siegal about the ethics, risks, and realities of psychedelic therapy.
Erica is a licensed therapist, harm reduction expert, and the Executive Director of
SHINE Collective, a nonprofit supporting survivors of harm in psychedelic spaces.

Episode 15: The importance of Set, Setting and Sitter at Psychedelic Clinical Trials

April 29th, 2025  |  1 hr 38 secs

mental-health, psychedelics, research, science

A Psychedelic Clinic Trial Cautionary Tale

Episode 14: How Cannabis Can Act As a Reverse “Gateway Drug” | Dr. Zach Walsh

September 17th, 2024  |  56 mins 18 secs

In this episode of the MAPS Canada Podcast, Osheen Dayal and Luc Briedé-Cooper speak with Dr. Zach Walsh a leading clinical psychologist and researcher at the University of British Columbia

Episode 13: Wisdom From The Psychedelic Underground | with Rachel Harris

April 24th, 2024  |  1 hr 7 mins

In this episode of the MAPS Canada Podcast, Luc Briedé-Cooper speaks with Rachel Harris, the author of "Swimming In The Sacred: Wisdom from the Psychedelic Underground"

Episode 12: You Had a Mystical Experience - Now What? | Podcast With Michael Phillip

December 6th, 2023  |  58 mins 41 secs

In this episode of the MAPS Canada Podcast, our co-host Sébastien Clermont speaks with Michael Phillip, the creator of Third Eye Drops.

Episode 11: A Christian Minister Took Psychedelics, This Happened | Podcast with Don Lattin

October 4th, 2023  |  56 mins 34 secs

christian psychedelics, christianity, don lattin, nyu john hopkins, psychedelic churches

Listen to this interview with Don Lattin at the Psychedelic Science 2023

Episode 10: The Soap Maker Quietly Leading the Psychedelic Revolution | Podcast with David Bronner

August 2nd, 2023  |  19 mins 54 secs

consciousness, david bronner, drug policy, education, healing, legalization, neuroscience, plant medicine, psychedelic science, psychedelic science 2023, psychotherapy, ptsd, trauma

Listen to this interview with David Bronner at the Psychedlic Science 2023

Episode 9: Why You May Soon Have a Local MDMA Clinic | Podcast with Rick Doblin

May 31st, 2023  |  1 hr 1 min

maps, mdma therapy, psychedelic history, psychedelic science 2023, rick doblin

Watch this interview with Rick Doblin on new results from the MAPS Phase III clinical trials for MDMA assisted therapy

Episode 8: Can Psychedelic Help Solve The Climate Crisis? | Podcast with Dr. Dennis McKenna

May 1st, 2023  |  1 hr 3 mins

ayahuasca tourism, biognosis, dennis mckenna, terrence mckenna, the mckenna academy, the psychedelic movement, the war on consciousness

Episode 7: The Researcher Bringing MDMA Therapy to Ukrainians with Dr. Olga Chernoloz

March 31st, 2023  |  48 mins 43 secs

mdma therapy, russia invasion of ukraine, ukraine, ukraine war, war in ukraine

Episode 6: How Can Psychedelics Heal Ancestral Trauma? With Kayla Breelove Carter

February 28th, 2023  |  1 hr 7 mins

In this episode of the MAPS Canada Podcast, our co-host Sabrina Ramkellawan speaks with our board member Kayla Breelove Carter discussing trauma, race and psychedelic therapy.

Kayla Breelove Carter works with individuals and organizations to increase their awareness and understanding of trauma, racial trauma, and adverse childhood experiences. With over ten years of clinical experience, Kayla specializes as well in nutritional psychology and psychedelic assisted therapy.