Maps Bulletin - Brief Article

MAPS BULLETIN Subscription (4 issues) is included free with $35/year membership in the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, 2105 Robinson Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34232.941/924-6277, info@maps.org, www.maps.org.

MAPS (the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) is a decade-old nonprofit membership organization that supports research into the healing potentials of psychedelic drugs and marijuana. The quarterly MAPS Bulletin has become a clearinghouse for studies that investigate history, pharmacology, toxicity, and therapeutic techniques.

MAPS is an organization worth supporting, and the Bulletin is an excellent way to keep up-to-date. There is often controversy over the usefulness, efficacy, or relative toxicity of a particular drug, and while so much of the drug information being disseminated today is biased or even outright fabrication, MAPS has proved to be a reliably objective place to learn about substances like MDMA, MDE, LSD, ketamine, ibogaine, and others.

MAPS also gives grants. Examples include "MDMA Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder," "Ketamine Psychedelic Therapy in the Treatment of Heroin Addiction," and "investigations on the Human Psychopharmacology of Ayahuasca." The excellent MAPS Web site includes back issues of the Bulletin, recent news releases, and links to other quality sites.

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