AMANDA FEILDING - DRUG POLICY & SCIENCE

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🗓️ 23 May 2015

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Amanda Feilding is not only a recognised artist and scientist but also carries the title, Countess of Wemyss and March. Born into a family of rich aristocratic heritage she seems an unlikely advocate for psychedelic drug policy reform, but she is leading one of the most informed and rational conversations with the donation funded Beckley Foundation - of which she is the founder and Director.

The Beckley Foundation is a UK-based think-tank that, since its establishment in 1998, has been at the forefront of global drug policy reform and scientific research into the potential medical benefits of psychoactive substances, with a particular focus on cannabis and the psychedelics. The Foundation’s Scientific Programme collaborates with leading experts and institutions on a wide range of projects investigating the neurophysiology, pharmacology and subjective effects of meditation and psychoactive substances.

This pioneering research has shed much light on the mechanisms of action of these substances, their therapeutic potential and consciousness itself. The Foundation’s Policy Programme has greatly influenced global drug policy reform. The Foundation had been responsible for organising a series of pivotal international seminars at the House of Lords, publishing over 40 much-cited books and reports, holding numerous meetings with thought-leaders, and advising other policy makers such as President Pérez Molina of Guatemala on drug policy reform.

Amanda is changing the conversation and perhaps is one of the most exciting guests relating to the field of drug reform that we’ve had on the show. Your mind will be blown, don’t miss it!

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0:00.0	This week on London Real, we have Amanda Fielding, founder and director of the Beckley Foundation for Drug Policy Reform.
0:09.0	It's time to change. The war on drugs has failed. This area has been to do no entry. It increases
0:30.0	association which It increases association, which is what creativity is, putting new concepts together. Society is a projection of the brain and the ego projected is the government which wants to keep in control like the ego does.
0:39.0	Blame it all on marijuana.
0:42.0	You know to have more sensation, more perception of music, better perception of beauty,
0:48.0	they're all potential benefits, so it shouldn't be despised.
0:54.4	London Real presents
0:58.0	Amanda Fielding, Drug Policy Reform.
1:02.4	Whatever the government tells you do the opposite. London Real set design by Timothy Alton.
1:35.8	I'm very excited today to have the opportunity to sit down with a woman who's really been at the forefront when it comes to psychedelic research and that is Amanda Fielding who is the founder of the Beckley Foundation and this is
1:41.5	the woman that's behind a lot of the studies that are coming
1:45.6	from Professor David Nut, a lot of the effects of silicibon on the brain and
1:49.8	MDMA and cannabis and a lot of drug policy reform and you know I don't think she's ever really sat down and had an intimate conversation like this and I was just so
1:59.6	fortunate. She's a fascinating woman who has been there and done that.
2:03.0	She has pretty much spent time with all of the icons throughout the years of the psychedelic movement
2:10.0	and now she works tirelessly behind the scenes.
2:13.0	The accolades I could go on and on,
2:15.0	but you can find out more about her at the Beckley Foundation
2:18.0	and we're going to go through all of it here
2:20.0	and it was the first time that we sat down and debuted the beautiful new look we have at
2:24.6	London Real Studios.
2:26.0	You now going to be introduced to Winston, the English Bulldog and the chairs and everything
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