Rick Doblin's PS2023 Opening Ceremony speech.

Watch MAPS Founder and President Rick Doblin, Ph.D., kick off Psychedelic Science 2023 with an inspiring and visionary keynote address. Speaking to a record-breaking audience at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado, Rick reflects on nearly four decades of psychedelic research, advocacy, and cultural transformation—and shares a hopeful roadmap for the future of MDMA-assisted therapy, drug policy reform, and global healing. This historic moment marked the largest psychedelic gathering in history—and the beginning of a new chapter in the psychedelic movement.