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Greer, George

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: active 1983

Biography

George Greer completed his undergraduate work at Vassar College and received his M.D. from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in 1976. Between his third and fourth year of medical school, he attended a six week seminar at Esalen Institute lead by Dr. Stanislav Grof. Greer speaks of his experiences at Esalen, “This training with internationally respected authorities in the subject using altered states of consciousness in psychotherapy convinced me that the field had a great untapped potential for psychiatry.” Greer completed his psychiatric residency with the San Mateo County Mental Health Services in California and later worked for the Sangre de Cristo Community Mental Health Services. From 1980 to 1985, Greer and his wife, Requa Tolbert, conducted over 100 MDMA therapeutic sessions for 80 individuals; this is the largest published study of the use of MDMA in a therapeutic setting. He served as President of the Psychiatric Medical Association of New Mexico and was the Clinical Director of Mental Health Services for the New Mexico Corrections Department. Greer is the Co-Founder, Medical Director, and Secretary of the Heffter Institute, as well as a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. His publications include Therapeutic Uses of MDMA, “Acute Psychological and Neurophysiological Effects of MDMA in Humans,” and “A Method of Conducting Therapeutic Sessions with MDMA.”

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Greer, George and Requa Tolbert. "Subjective Reports of the Effects of MDMA in a Clinical Setting." Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 18, no. 4

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 56, Item 12
Scope and Contents

Reprint. Last page includes a table of subjects’ reports.

Dates: 1961 - 2005

George Greer papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 66
Scope and Contents

The George Greer papers documents his research on MDMA. The collection contains a questionnaire, article, notes, graphs, and several case reports on his research subjects. The case studies are transcriptions from handwritten notes on the 29 subjects who are mentioned in Greer’s published papers. According to Greer, there are approximately 50 handwritten reports on other subjects still in his possession, which may be donated in the future.

Dates: 1980-1986

Legal brief on MDMA scheduling, George Greer et al., 1986

 File — Box 11: Series MSF 468, Series 4, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSF 468, Series 4, File
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains material pertaining to Nichols's research on MDMA neurotoxicity and MDMA analogues. Documents in this series also relate to the Drug Enforcement Administration's 1984 Scheduling Hearing of MDMA. Included are correspondence, article reprints, lab reports, unpublished manuscripts, legal briefs and testimonies, and federal registers.

Dates: 1986

Ralph Metzner collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 56
Scope and Contents The Ralph Metzner collection of articles documents the progression of psychoactive substance research, legality issues, and the religious or spiritual aspects of its use. These articles were not solely written by Ralph Metzner, but they instead represent the type of work that influenced Metzner during his career. These article files do not contain the personal papers of Ralph Metzner. Instead, they provide insight into the diverse sources that Metzner sampled while conducting his research....
Dates: 1958 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1990

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