Hello from Carla Higdon -
MAPS' New Staff Member
(we hope, permanently)

Some of you who have received memos or talked with me on the phone may be wondering who I am. Actually, I have been involved with MAPS for two years on both a volunteer and part-time basis. Now, I am here for a trial period of six months to promote new memberships and to provide administrative support for all of you members who are already with us. So, if you have MAPS related questions, direct them to me and I will do my best to provide you with answers, though I am still in the process of getting acquainted with things.

MAPS' growing membership and an increasing number of projects have mandated some organizational restructuring around here, so we are all wearing different hats these days. Rick is working at home and Sylvia and I are in a new office. This is an experiment and, in order for things to continue in this way, we need to increase membership by approximately one thousand. If we succeed, my position will become permanent and you will be seeing more of me.

I am truly delighted to be at MAPS and have the opportunity to contribute to the advancement of medical marijuana and psychedelic research. The systematic banning of psychedelics in the United States and around the world is, in my opinion, one of the great shortcomings of modern culture. How much more arduous is the quest for our divine origins without legal access to these tools that allow us a window of opportunity to glimpse our own perfection. In my own experience, psychedelics have been a source of wonder, wisdom, and growth, a sacred gift to take along on the long journey of life.

E-mail: carla@maps.org