Brad Adams PhD - LAMPS

Psilocybin and ayahuasca research becomes a pathway into community building in a Kyle podcast with Brad Adams (LAMPS, Los Angeles Psychedelic Society). Adams connects his earlier PhD work across AIDS, Alzheimer’s, gerontology, and cancer research to noticing patterns in Harbor-UCLA’s psilocybin pilot for stage-4 cancer patients, where stronger mystical experiences aligned with greater death acceptance. With Dennis McKenna, Adams helps run an ayahuasca pilot in Peru and later shares findings at Psychedelic Science 2017. The conversation then broadens to designing local psychedelic communities, practical guidance for safer facilitation, and deeper discussion of extended-state DMT (DMTx), entity encounters, Wetiko, IFS, and the hero’s journey as frameworks for resilience.