Psychedelics: The newest tool in nuclear negotiations?
This scientist claims she helped end the Cold War with MDMA.
Carol Rosin—a space and missile defense consultant for the US—said she gave MDMA to Soviet scientists and military personnel prior to nuclear negotiations in 1985 (before the drug was illegal).
The plan was created with help from Rick Doblin, the founder of MAPS.
“The thought was that if they can work through their fears and traumas and feel their connection to humanity, then that might be helpful,” Doblin explains.
While some are skeptical if this actually happened, MDMA releases oxytocin (aka the hormone of love and empathy), which could certainly help the opposing sides see eye to eye!
