Multidisciplinary Association For Psychedelic Studies
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I firmly believe in them and appreciate what they do. Thank you MAPS. You have made a difference for the better.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
Learning from them.
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How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About once a year
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
MAPS is an excellent organization with great integrity and best of intentions. They work they are doing is invaluable and the brave people who stand up and fight for what they know is right in the name of helping others deserves all it can get. As they have steadily progressed with their projects and the success of their clinical studies it is only a matter of time before many people wake up and realize the importance of this work and how it has been all along, thanks to the incredibly supportive community who literally fund it all independently.
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I have personally experienced the benefits of the therapeutic values of compound such as Psilocybin, LSD, and MDMA as well as witnessing their effects on others. The value of these compounds are priceless and their potential boundless.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
Knowing that my donations and contributions can directly go to funding work that ultimately is designed to shape the lives of people for the better and direct them in a positive direction they previously may have not believed possible of themselves.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
Change the world.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every month
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
At the forefront of human potential, I believe MAPS vision to be inspiring and valuable. Although psychedelics, entheogens and hallucinogens have played a sacred and central and role in most societies throughout history, today they are misunderstood and oppressed both culturally and politically. MAPS is leading the way in their renaissance with solid scientific research and public policy reform. Like microscopes and telescopes for a conscious psyche and humane spirit, the first time I experienced psychedelics I caught a glimpse of the potential and possible implications they hold. Used in medicine, psychiatry and spiritual practices, psychedelics can heal individuals and positively transform society and culture. The impact MAPS could contribute to human development spans wide and deep.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
seeing their online presence and public relations grow. They once seemed humble and amateurish in appearance, but now their revamped mission and media savvy website display a clear and professional presentation.
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If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
significantly influence the world. Imagine integrated health care centers that offer psychedelic therapy where individuals could heal, develop and thrive. Healthy, balanced, open, loving and awake -- imagine cultures that function at deeper ways of being.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every six months
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2009
MAPS has worked to keep the candle of psychedelic research going through some very dark years. It is difficult to appreciate how long they have tried to disseminate balanced and helpful information in the face of a "no tolerance" attitude and a "war on drugs" which put all substances into the same category. Now that some psychedelic research is actually taking place again after decades, MAPS is leading the way with careful studies.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
Meeting with others to share information on both psychedelics and their legal and social ramifications.
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How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every six months
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
Rick Doblin, president and founder came to our university (University of West Georgia) and ave a wonderful talk. He also presented at the ClusterBuster conference because MAPS has funded research on this medical condition.
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His talk at the university was well attended and very informative. His work with Cluster Headache research has been enormously helpful
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
...a larger budget to support the work of MAPS.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
Their willingness to provide accurate and unbiased information and commitment to research.
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
easy to access, knowledgeable, and willing to assist in any way.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
foster social change.
Ways to make it better...
they had more printed materials.
In my opinion, the biggest challenges facing this organization are...
lack of public awareness.
One thing I'd also say is that...
all staff seem very dedicated to their work
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every six months
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
I believe that MAPS is essential to our survival and evolution as a species. I've been a member for many years, and only wish I could give them more support.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
many ways. They explore, they discover, then they teach me.
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How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every month
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
MAPS is a wonderful, pioneering organization that is opening up new doors for medical and scientific research, through fundraising and organizing concerned individuals and professionals. They are working to facilitate a greater understanding and a more constructive utilization of psychedelic substances within our society.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
My own life, because I have learned about a few great conferences that I attended through their website and I attended their 2010 conference in San Jose.
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When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
MAPS first came into my life 6 or 7 years ago at Burning Man. They were involved in a camp named entheon village. Entheon village hosted a series of lectures with speakers from all over the world with different backgrounds. I had just read PIHKAL and was thrilled to know Dr. Alexander Shulgin was in attendance and giving a couple lectures. Dr. Shulgin and MAPS have taught me the value of a psychedelic experience and how to responsibly delve into the mind through psychedelic experience. MAPS is definitely holding the torch when it comes to researching and studying the myriad of positive uses and applications of psychedelic experience. Without organizations like MAPS so much potential could be lost by dogmatic and fearful thinking when it comes to furthering ourselves spiritually and mindfully. Thank You MAPS for demystifying entheogens and showing me how to responsibly and productively explore the mind.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
the research that has been funded by MAPS and the public pull MAPS can garner.
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How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every month
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
Maps is leading the revolution of scientific study into the important area of medecines /tools for the mind. Both healing in the sick and growth /development in the healthy. They're spearheading an evolution of societies attidudes and perceptions with regard to mind altering substances. We live in a maturing society, one in which regulation rather than prohibition will continue to prove the more effective and beneficial policy. The work of maps is an inspiration and an example of what can be achieved with patience perseverance and a solid and righteous philosophy
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
What I've learned from them and the inspiration I've gained.
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I wouldn't like to try and change anything. They're Excellent
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
The tri annual bulitin
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
very intelligent and friendly
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
Help heal the psychological wounds of war.
Ways to make it better...
I could have donated more
In my opinion, the biggest challenges facing this organization are...
The misinformation and propaganda surrounding the medicines they are developing.
One thing I'd also say is that...
It's time that society and the media get real and stop sensationaling for revenue and the DEA redirect their strong arm bully boy tactics. Let the scientists and the medical profession deal with drugs and re-employ these crime fighters fighting crime.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
One time
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
In my experience, MAPS has proven to be the most progressive and the most active research based non-profit I have ever seen. Its 2010 conference was amazingly well organized and proved to be the most informative and inspiring gathering of scientific and humanitarian minds I have attended. In my opinion, this organization could very well be advancing the most important scientific and psychological inquiries of our era, and I am honored to be able to take part in it as much as I can. I will be a member of MAPS for years to come, always filled with anticipation of the next gem of truth spoken by affiliated doctors and researches and of the next stories from people whose lives have drastically changed for the better because of the work promoted by MAPS. Thankfully my anticipation has always been rewarded as MAPS also primarily values the actual information discovered by their research. Thus they strive to make their data accessible to the general public, creating the most effective form of research (unbiased and openly reported to the public) and the most respectable public face that I have ever seen for a research based organization while also promoting a well-informed general public. MAPS has touched my life in a way for which I will always be thankful.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
Reading their case studies, researching internship options and the guidelines for participating in MAPS or the studies they support, and attending the Psychedelic Science Conference of 2010 constructed my understanding of MAPS.
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When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
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