HMS will Give Ecstasy to Terminal Cancer Patients

the Harvard Crimson January 5, 2005 http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=505257 HMS will Give Ecstasy to Terminal Cancer Patients by [MAPS comments and corrections, in brackets, by Ilsa Jerome] More …

San Diego City Beat: Feds v. Meds

San Diego City Beat January 5, 2005 Originally appearing here. The San Diego City Beat published a discussion and analysis of a recent legal challenge to the HHS to change how marijuana is scheduled, with …

‘Ecstasy’ Use Studied to Ease Fear in Terminally Ill

The Washington Post Monday, December 27, 2004 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27716-2004Dec26.html "Ecstasy" Use Studied to Ease Fear in Terminally Ill by Rick Weiss For some, the diagnosis …

Current Restrictions on Marijuana Research are Absurd

Originally appearing here. The popular science magazine Scientific American published an editorial in support of making it easier to perform medical marijuana research in the US, describing current restrictions …

Article: Wired: Long Trip for Psychedelic Drugs

Wired published a piece charting the progress of research into the therapeutic uses of psychedelic drugs, including the ongoing studies of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy in people with PTSD, psilocybin in …

Article: BBC News: Medicine Hope for Psychedelic Drugs

Medicine Hope for Psychedelic Drugs, an article from BBC News (UK Web), by Arran Frood, discussed psychedelic psychotherapy research supported by Heffter Research Institute and MAPS. This article is mostly …

Dr. John Halpern of Harvard Medical School’s McL

Dr. John Halpern of Harvard Medical School’s McLean Hospital submitted a protocol for review to the McLean Institutional Review Board (IRB) for a MAPS-sponsored study of MDMA in the treatment of …

FY 2004 Financial Report

The basic balance sheet information for FY 2003-2004 is presented below. MAPS IRS Form 990 for 2004 is available in PDF format.MAPS total income for FY 2003-2004 was $1,035,873. A chart presenting comparative …

This is the 61st anniversary of the world’s firs

This is the 61st anniversary of the world’s first planned LSD experience. On Monday, April 19, 1943, at 4:20 PM, Albert Hofmann ingested 250 micrograms of LSD and neither he nor the world was ever …