Speaker: Stephen Bright

Saturday 4 December 2010
Entheogenesis Australis Conference
Melbourne, Australia

Synopsis: I work as a psychologist within the Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) field, referred to by psychiatrists as addiction medicine. In 2010, I presented a paper at the annual Australasian Professional Society on AOD (APSAD) conference entitled "An End to the Embargo on Human Psychedelic Research: A Chemical Sojourn". This provided me with an opportunity to objectively discuss entheogens with my colleagues, the majority of whom tend to hold negative beliefs regarding these plants and chemicals that are consistent with the dominant Australian culture.

Bio : Stephen Bright is a Psychologist and Research Fellow with the Victorian Department of Health. He is a PhD candidate at Curtin University, where he has also coordinated the Addiction Studies program for the past 4 years. Stephen has published papers on topics including: the trans-theoretical model, psychotherapy, and drug legislation.

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