MAPS in the Media

Examining Ecstasy

Ottawa Citizen Friday, December 31 2004 Examining Ecstasy [Editorial] "Bad trip" has long meant something other than a lousy vacation. But the shady past of psychedelic drugs shouldn't dissuade the medical …

Cancer Fighters Study Ecstasy

The Australian December 30, 2004 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11809171%5e401,00.html Cancer fighters study ecstasy By Jeff Sommerfeld AMERICAN scientists have been given …

FDA OKs Ecstasy Study in Cancer Patients

Associated Press Wire Service December 27, 2004 FDA OKs Ecstasy study in cancer patients By Lolita C. Baldor WASHINGTON -- The illegal club drug Ecstasy can trigger euphoria among the dance club set, but …

The Folly of Our Drug Policies

Sun, 19 Dec 2004 Chicago Tribune (IL) by Steve Chapman THE FOLLY OF OUR DRUG POLICIES What We've Learned--and Failed to Learn--From the Nation's War On Drugs People learn from experience, but the process …

Pot Shots – DEA Upholds Growers Marijuana Monopoly

Counterpunch, December 18 / 19, 2004 Pot Shots DEA Upholds Grower's Marijuana Monopoly By FRED GARDNER The Drug Enforcement Administration has turned down an application by a University of Massachusetts …

Up in Smoke – A Setback for Medical Marijuana

UP IN SMOKE A setback for medical marijuana BY MIKE MILIARD , Boston Phoenix Two weeks ago, while hearing arguments in the landmark Supreme Court case Ashcroft vs. Raich — which by this spring will …

In at Least One Way, Zoomass Isnt Going to Pot

Wed, 15 Dec 2004 Boston Herald (MA) Howie Carr, Herald Columnist IN AT LEAST ONE WAY, ZOOMASS ISN'T GOING TO POT What a bummer, man. The feds say that the University of Massachusetts can't, like, grow …

DEA Upholds Growers Monopoly

DEA Upholds Grower's Monopoly by Fred Gardner for the Anderson Valley Advertiser Dec 15, 2004 The Drug Enforcement Administration has turned down an application by a Massachusetts botanist seeking to grow …

DEA Rejects Professors Bid to Grow Marijuana

DEA rejects professor's bid to grow marijuana By Marcella Bombardieri, Boston Globe Staff | December 14, 2004 A University of Massachusetts at Amherst professor hoping to grow marijuana for research purposes …

College Is Rebuffed In Request to Grow Medical Marijuana

The New York Times December 14, 2004 Tuesday SECTION: Section A; Column 1; National Desk; Pg. 29 HEADLINE: College Is Rebuffed In Request to Grow Medical Marijuana BYLINE: By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. BODY: …

Euphoria Lab Raided at Home

Miami Herald December 4, 2004 http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/states/florida/counties/broward_county/10335742.htm?1c Euphoria Lab Raided at Home by Darren Simon [MAPS Note: The term "euphoria" …