MAPS Research Agenda

MAPS serves the public by incubating multidisciplinary research to develop our shared understanding of the potential benefits and risks of psychedelic use and to ensure the accessibility and culturally appropriate integration of psychedelics as a tool for individual and community wellness. Our research team develops research in-house and in collaboration with subject matter experts.

MAPS’ Ongoing Research Projects

Cannabis

MAPS is dedicated to enabling clinical research on the benefits and risks of cannabis use.

 

Click here to learn more about our cannabis research and efforts to ensure that regulatory agencies permit the rigorous study of cannabis use.

Status: In Start Up

Research Type: Interventional, Phase 2

MDMA-Assisted Couples Therapy

MAPS is conducting qualitative research to learn about the best practices for the conduct of MDMA-assisted couples therapy.

 

Status: In development
Research Type: Qualitative

Systems-Impacted People Project

MAPS Research and Policy teams are partnering with subject matter experts to investigate community-informed approaches to the use of psychedelic-assisted therapy with people impacted by the criminal justice system.

 

Status: In development

Research Type: Literature review; Qualitative

Conflict Transformation

MAPS is incubating research to evaluate the use of psychedelics as a complement to conflict transformation and restorative justice interventions. We are collaborating with subject matter experts to develop a literature review on the intersection of conflict transformation and psychedelics, and we are evaluating opportunities to collaborate or support interventional research.


Click here to read about MAPS’ previous work with conflict resolution and ayahuasca.

 

Status: In development

Research Type: Literature review

Ibogaine

MAPS is committed to advancing the research of ibogaine for potential indications, such as opioid use disorder, starting with the development of a public access Ibogaine Investigator’s Brochure (IB).

 

Click here to learn more about our work with Ibogaine.

 

Status: Funding hold        

Research Type: Literature review (IB)

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