MAPS Bulletin Volume XV Number 3: Winter 2005 Table of Contents

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2	Letter from Rick Doblin, MAPS President
3	MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Sixth Update on Study Progress Michael Mithoefer, M.D.
4	A Pilot Process-Outcome Study of Change During MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for the Treatment of PTSD Teri S. Krebs, B.S. and Pål Johansen, Licensed psychologist (NPF), Cand Ph.D.
6	Dr. John Halpern Reports on Various Psychedelic Research Projects John H. Halpern, M.D.
8	Psilocybin Research with Advanced-Stage Cancer Patients Charles S. Grob, M.D.
9	MAPS Medical Marijuana Hearing Before DEA Administrative Law Judge Underway, But Second Round Postponed Until December Allen Hopper
11	Marijuana Pipe Dreams John Tierney
12	Ibogaine Outcome Study: A Progress Report on the Iboga Therapy House Sandra Karpetas
13	Eleusis Offers Ketamine Psychedelic Psychotherapy Eli Kolp, M.D.
15	Paranormal Phenomena and Psychoactive Drugs: Fifty Years of Research David Luke
17	Santo Daime Community’s Healing System—An Alternative Medicine P. Joseph Sulla III, M.A.
19	MAPS at Burning Man Brandy Doyle
22	Personal Experiences from the MAPS Camp at Burning Man
24	Celebrate LSD and Albert Hofmann in January Dieter Hagenbach
26	Mindstates 2005: Building Bridges between Transcendence and Technology, Spirituality and Science Julia Onnie-Hay
29	An Energetic Atomic Bomb of Good: A Review of the First Annual Amazonian Shamanism Conference Julia Onnie-Hay
32	Working Toward a safer Marijuana and Alcohol Policy Mason Tvert
34	Trance Formation: The Spiritual and Religious Dimensions of Global Rave Culture Robin Sylvan, Ph.D.
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MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) is a membership-based organization working to assist researchers worldwide to design, fund, conduct, obtain governmental approval for, and report on psychedelic research in humans. Founded in 1986, MAPS is an IRS approved 501 (c)(3) non-profit corporation funded by tax deductible donations.

MAPS is focused primarily on assisting scientists to conduct human studies to generate essential information about the risks and psychotherapeutic benefits of MDMA, other psychedelics, and marijuana, with the goal of eventually gaining government approval for their medical uses.

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© 2005 Multidisciplinary Association
for Psychedelic Studies, Inc. (MAPS)
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Unio Mystica by:
A. Andrew Gonzalez
www.sublimatrix.com
Gonzalez is one of twelve artists featured in
MAPS’ 2006 psychedelic calendar. The calendar can be purchased through the MAPS online bookstore or by calling the MAPS office. To view the calendar, go to: www.maps.org/calendar/

Photo on back cover by Kent Martin, producer of the film Hofmann’s Potion. Hofmannn’s Potion can be purchased at: www.nfb.ca/hofmann/.

Edited by Valerie Mojeiko and Rick Doblin.
Layout by phred sansbury
ISSN 1080-8981
Printed on recycled paper.

Bulletin Archive Index

Winter 2008	Vol. 18, No. 1	Special Edition: Technology and Psychedelics
Winter 2007	Vol. 17, No. 3	MAPS 06-07 Fiscal Yearly Report
Autumn 2007	Vol. 17, No. 2	Special Edition: Psychedelics and Self-Discovery
Spring/Summer 2007	Vol. 17, No. 1	The Chrysalis Stage
Winter 2006-7	Vol. 16, No. 3	Low Maintenance/High Performance
Autumn 2006	Vol. 16, No. 2	Technologies of Healing
Spring 2006	Vol. 16, No. 1	MAPS' 20th Anniversary
Winter 2005	Vol. 15, No. 3	MAPS final year as a teenager
Summer 2005	Vol. 15, No. 2	Israel Conference: MDMA/PTSD Research
Spring 2005	Vol. 15, No. 1	Accelerating flow of work and time
Autumn 2004	Vol. 14, No. 2	Rites of Passage: Kids and Psychedelics
Summer 2004	Vol. 14, No. 1	10 stamps and $250,000
Winter 2003	Vol. 13, No. 2	Holy Fire
Spring 2003	Vol. 13, No. 1	60th Anniversary of the Discovery of LSD
Autumn 2002	Vol. 12, No. 3	Vision
Summer 2002	Vol. 12, No. 2	"From celebration to frustration, and back again."
Spring 2002	Vol. 12, No. 1	Sex, Spirit & Psychedelics 2002
Autumn 2001	Vol. 11, No. 2	"In the future, it will be called Despair."
Spring 2001	Vol. 11, No. 1	"A Tidal Wave of Ecstasy!"
Autumn 2000	Vol. 10, No. 3	Creativity 2000
Summer 2000	Vol. 10, No. 2	Endings and Beginnings
Spring 2000	Vol. 10, No. 1	Making History in Slow Motion
Winter 1999/00	Vol. 9, No. 4	To the Ends of the Earth for MDMA Research...
Autumn 1999	Vol. 9, No. 3	MAPS' long-standing efforts to conduct...
Summer 1999	Vol. 9, No. 2	MAPS has come full circle...
Spring 1999	Vol. 9, No. 1	Patience, persistence and passion
Winter 1998/99	Vol. 8, No. 4	One of special pleasures of directing MAPS...
Autumn 1998	Vol. 8, No. 3	The Ayahuasca Issue (with Hofmann interview)
Summer 1998	Vol. 8, No. 2	Emotionally Powerful Anecdotes...
Spring 1998	Vol. 8, No. 1	Death Has a Way of Focusing One's Attention
Autumn 1997	Vol. 7, No. 4	Celebration is in Order
Summer 1997	Vol. 7, No. 3	Time Horizons
Spring 1997	Vol. 7, No. 2	Synchronicity
Winter 1996/97	Vol. 7, No. 1	Learning to Crawl
Autumn 1996	Vol. 6, No. 4	An Invitation for Dialogue
Summer 1996	Vol. 6, No. 3	Budding Research
New Year 1996	Vol. 6, No. 2	Sending Down Roots
Autumn 1995	Vol. 6, No. 1	Baby Steps
Summer 1995	Vol. 5, No. 4	Opportunity Amidst Obstacles
Winter 1994/95	Vol. 5, No. 3	Clinical Trials and Tribulations
Autumn 1994	Vol. 5, No. 2	Building Towards Clinical Trials
Summer 1994	Vol. 5, No. 1	Politics and Protocols: In Search of a Balance
Spring 1994	Vol. 4, No. 4	Laying the Groundwork
Winter 1993/94	Vol. 4, No. 3	A Time of Tests
Summer 1993	Vol. 4, No. 2	So Close Yet So Far
Spring 1993	Vol. 4, No. 1	Remembrance and Renewal
Winter 1992/93	Vol. 3, No. 4	Forging New Alliances
Summer 1992	Vol. 3, No. 3	Building on Common Ground
Spring 1992	Vol. 3, No. 2	Small Steps, Gradual Progress, New Opportunities
Winter 1991/92	Vol. 3, No. 1	The Rekindling of a Thousand Points of Light
Summer 1991	Vol. 2, No. 2	MDMA protocol development with cancer patients
Winter 1990/91	Vol. 2, No. 1	MAPS' Swiss pharmacologically-assisted psychotherapy conference
Autumn 1990	Vol. 1, No. 3	What and Who is MAPS?
Summer 1989	Vol. 1, No. 2	Switzerland Leads the Way
Summer 1988	Vol. 1, No. 1	MDMA can become a legal medicine