Historic Days! The first experimental session in MAPS’ MDMA/PTSD study took place today. Both the subject and the experimental team guessed that the substance that was administered was MDMA instead of the placebo. In any case, the session was remarkably therapeutic and seemed to represent a breakthrough for the subject.
Sixty-one years ago, on April 16, 1943, the world’s first LSD experience took place due Dr. Albert Hofmann’s accidental ingestion of some of the chemical that he was synthesizing. The date of the first experimental session in the MDMA/PTSD study was set several weeks ago. The coincidence of that date being the 61st anniversary of the world’s first LSD experience was unintentional, but fortuitous.