Thoughts About the Ethics of Animal Research

MAPS Bulletin Autumn 1990 Vol. 1, No. 3 Download this article. After the MAPS benefit, several people wrote to express their disapproval of MAPS support for animal research investigating MDMA neurotoxicity, …

The Two Functions of MAPS

MAPS Bulletin Autumn 1990 Vol. 1, No. 3 Download this article. MAPS has two basic functions. The first is to support research and advance knowledge into the medical, scientific, religious, therapeutic, …

What and Who is MAPS?

MAPS Bulletin Autumn 1990 Vol. 1, No. 3 Download this article. This MAPS newsletter is the first since the summer of 1989. It follows the MAPS benefit conference which was held in Berkeley on February …

Unsuccessful MAPS Attempts at Collaborative Research

MAPS Bulletin Autumn 1990 Vol. 1, No. 3 Download this article. Due to the opportunity Swiss psychiatrists had to actually administer MDMA, MAPS attempted to initiate collabomtive research on MDMA neurotoxicity …

Preliminary Findings from Primate Neurotoxicity Studies

MAPS Bulletin Autumn 1990 Vol. 1, No. 3 Download this article. Two studies to which MAPS contributed have been completed. The following report is based on preliminary findings and is not to be quoted for …

MDMA Neurotoxicity Overview

MAPS Bulletin Autumn 1990 Vol. 1, No. 3 Download this article. MAPS has assisted several research groups prepare applications for FDA approval of MDMA research in humans, all of which have been denied. …

Findings From the Two NIDA-Funded MDMA Human Studies

MAPS Bulletin Autumn 1990 Vol. 1, No. 3 Download this article. NIDA has funded two major studies of the effects of MDMA on humans, neither actually administering MDMA to the subjects. A sociological description …

Update on Swiss Psychedelic Research

MAPS Bulletin Autumn 1990 Vol. 1, No. 3 Download this article. Last summer, the MAPS newsletter began with the heading GREAT NEWS and reported on the legal therapeutic use of LSD and MDMA in Switzerland, …