Letter from the President
Rick Doblin

The Bastiaans Method of Drug-Assisted Therapy
A Preliminary Follow-Up Study with Former Clients
Hans C. Ossebaard and Nicole Maalste
Dutch therapist Jan Bastiaans worked with LSD, psilocybin and ketamine with many of his clients before his retirement in 1988.

Marijuana Research Update
Rick Doblin
A recent federal policy shift now requires NIDA to sell marijuana to non-government-funded studies.

Successful Outcome of a Single LSD Treatment in a Chronically Dysfuntional Man
Gary Fisher, Ph.D.
The author shares a story of a young man's single session with LSD.

New Online Project:
Psychedelic Research Around the World
Sylvia Thyssen
A new project on the MAPS website tracks the status of current research. Studies that are being planned, studies in progress, and completed studies are listed at www.maps.org/research/psyprojects.html

Project Updates:
Salvia Divinorum and the Second Generation Project
Updates on projects announced in the last issue of the Bulletin, one with Salvia divinorum and meditation, the other one with children of parents who value psychedelics.

Ayahuasca and Cancer: A Postscript
Donald Topping, Ph.D.
This is a follow-up to an article printed in last year's ayahuasca issue of the MAPS Bulletin. Topping elaborates on his personal interpretion of how ayahuasca works.

Readers' Forum
Dutch bulletin goes out of print

Letter from the MAPS Florida Office
Sylvia Thyssen and Carla Higdon