We present this fourth instalment of our Psychedelic Science series, featuring some of the leading minds in the realm of plant medicines and psychedelic science.  This interview, as were the others, was recorded at the Psychedelic Science Conference in April 2017, hosted by http://www.Maps.org (Multi-disciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies), and will also be featured in our soon to be released documentary, The Plant Teacher (https://www.danielcleland.com/news/free-preview-new-psychedelic-science-documentary-plant-teacher/).

Dr. Kenneth Tupper is an accomplished academic who did his PhD under Dr. Dennis McKenna.  In this episode, filmmaker Andrea Gilbert interviews Ken about his views on the Ayahuasca practice, how it interacts with culture and some of the concerns that the academic community holds as a result of the rapid globalization of this traditional Amazonian sacrament.

Kenneth's commentary is insightful and educational.  If you or anyone you know is interested in exploring or learning about Ayahuasca, in particular, this episode will be of important value to you. 

Listen, learn and enjoy!

More about Kenneth:

Kenneth is an Adjunct Professor at the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia. His research interests include drug education, entheogenic education, psychedelics, and ayahuasca.

Kenneth is also the Director of Implementation & Partnerships at the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use, and previously worked for over a decade doing prevention and harm reduction policy development at the British Columbia Ministry of Health.

In 2006 and early 2007, Kenneth was a resident of UBC’s Green College. He has a Ph.D. in Educational Studies from UBC (2011) and a Masters of Arts degree in Education from Simon Fraser University(2002). He currently a member of the Clinical & Scientific Advisory Board of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies – Canada (MAPS-Canada) and the Advisory Board of the Wasiwaskaresearch centre in Brazil.

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Daniel