Multidisciplinary Association For Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)

MAPS is broadening scientific research into ignored areas of medicine and discovering the facts of alleged therapeutic properties. I commend their bravery in dealing with the taboo and reactionary bias against psychedelic research, and hope they continue.

I can personally attest to the importance of psychedelics for ptsd. I suffered nightmares and addictive thinking for years and when there was nothing else left (therapists did nothing for me) I took an hallucinogin and my life changed completely. Even today I am thankful.

MAPS is a leading non-profit organization supporting research on psychedelic substances. Although these substances have long had a bad reputation, they remain powerful tools for understanding consciousness and the neuropharmacology of the human brain. Moreover, the psychedelics have great potential as effective and safe alternative medicines for a variety of disorders, including PTSD, depression and anxiety associated with terminal cancer, and so on. MAPS has contributed greatly to re-establishing the scientific legitimacy of psychedelic research and assisting in the investigation of psychedelic medicines in controlled clinical trials .

MAPS is the most important of the many groups that I contribute to. It is the group which could help us to change the fundamental consciousness of civilization, maybe change it enough to let humans live in harmony with the earth, by developing rewards which clearly outshine mere material goods.

MAPS has for twenty years been a valuable information source and a profound advocacy group. From my first lecture in Santa Cruz to my most recent news letter, I have remained convince that MAPS is opening legal and psychological territory that is very important to society well being and that has been vilified such that other important organizations have become too cautious. MAPS is singularly carrying the torch and their work with PTSD patients proves they are doing the right work.

Hi, this is such a unique non-profit, that serves an important role in educating the public of a commonly ignored subject, yet of utmost importance and with a huge potential to improve the human condition. thank you MAPS for your hard work.

MAPS is an organization drawing together intelligent, inquiring individuals from a broad spectrum of academic and non-academic disciplines all of whom share an interest in the integrative, healing potential of psychedelic medicines. These medicines, which have been used through centuries by priests, healers, and physicians are under formal and informal study by MAPS and its constituents to further the knowledge of the constellation of human mental processes as well as to promote healing. MAPS is a collective of brilliant, original thinkers who are doing much to contribute to human evolution of thinking and well-being.

Through personal experience I discovered the efficacy of MDMA to alleviate PTSD. I believe MAPS work to develop psychedelics into prescription drugs will produce significant benefits. MAPS leading involvement with psychedelic studies, conference organisation and production as well as grass roots harm reduction establishes it as an ethical and holistic non-profit health organisation.

As a physician practicing psychiatry and addiction medicine, I see the clear limitations in the currently available treatments for mental illness. MAPS has worked hard and made remarkable progress toward making revolutionary advancements in the treatment of human suffering.

MAPS has always educated the public about the therapeutic potentials for psychedelic compounds and states, and in a manner lacking in neither academic precision nor professionalism.

I have followed MAPS for many years and seen how they have pushed for research that legitimizes the use of psychedelics in healing. Without their efforts, much needed information would not have gotten the exposure it deserves and many people would not have benefitted from useful protocols.

In 2006 I was healed by an incredible plant medicine called Ibogaine. Because of certain of it's properties, Ibogaine is a Schedule 1 substance in my country, thus illegal. So even though it changed my life completely and does so to many, many other people, we are forced to leave our country to do it, or find sometimes dangerous underground treatment facilities. This is the work of MAPS, to bring awareness to medicines like Ibogaine who are targeted under old, archaic laws. MAPS has sponsored studies of Ibogaine which will hopefully lead to it's legalization for addiction treatment in this country. To me this is important, vital work and I am so grateful that MAPS exists to fight for us and gather much needed research and information for the public. A very important public service indeed!

Not only did this conference introduce thousands of people to the ongoing renaissance in psychedelic psychotherapy research. It also showcased a wide variety of up-and-coming directions in psychedelic research that even surprised this long-time follower of psychedelia. It was a great opportunity to see friends from old conferences and to meet new ones. Several of the connections made here have snowballed into important relationships since the event!

MAPS has been doing outstanding work in the field of psychedelics for many years, despite the government's inability to understand the positive aspects of these mind expanders. They deserve everyone's support.

The research funded by MAPS will alleviate suffering and restore a basic human right to the medicines that have been healing our minds and our bodies for thousands of years. Mis-guided laws in the 1960s prevented research into the most powerful and effective medicines we have for pain relief--pain of the body and pain of the mind. MAPS is a unique organization that will bring healing to the world.

Dear GuideStar, I require the students in my "Foundations of Psychedelic Studies" class in the Honors Program at Northern Illinois University to visit the MAPS website to familiarize them with the history of psychedelic medicine and its current progress. It is the most up-to-date resoruce on this topic as well as assocaited topics such as the entheogenic uses of psiahedelics, new books in the field, cogntive enhancement, and associatedsocial and biological current events. Thomas B. Roberts, Ph.D. co-editor of Psychedelic Medicine: New Evidence for Hallucinogenic Substances as Treatments, 2 vols. Praeger, 2007.

MAPS is the only organization I know of that embodies the insight and courage, and can marshal the resources, to investigate and report to the world about the uses of many plants, medications and chemicals whose usefulness would otherwise be obscured by inattention or negative publicity. Their research on the application of MDMA in treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can open the door to recovery for many of our returning Iraq/Afghanistan veterans whose lives are presently shattered. Without MAPS' courage, this promising treatment might have been suppressed by sensational publicity.

MAPS is the only organization trying to help move psychedlic substances out of the drug-crazed hippie culture of the 60's to the therapeutic uses they were intended to have prior to their exposure to the general public. The work they are doing helps countless people with conditions resistant to conventional medicine, things like PTSD and the anxiety associated with terminal illnesses. Their work is important to many and they richly deserve help and support in their endeavor.

I discovered MAPS in 1993, and found it refreshing that an organization was committed to scientific and clinical applications of psychedelics. The Controlled Substances Act classification of psychedelics as having "no accepted medical value" reinforces a stereotype in our society that these are just "drugs of abuse" that people do "for kicks." In fact, they have been used as sacraments in indigenous cultures for ages, and have powerful potential for psychotherapy, and to help scientists understand the relationship between the mind and the brain. MAPS has been helping scientists and clinicians conduct quality research with integrity since 1986, and its c.v. as an organization now includes an number of impressive studies done by researchers of the highest caliber. MAPS has also produced high quality educational resources online, through the MAPS Bulletin (an often journal-quality newsletter), and through international conferences.

I was a member of MAPs for a year, and heard their talks several times. I really support the work they do.

I have been a MAPS member for nearly a dozen years. I believe history has demonstrated that the organization's longtime treatment and research goals provide rational alternatives to nearly a century of misdirected and immoral domestic drug policy.

MAPS has been a wonderful force in my life. I have been able to learn a great deal more about alternative health and healing studies and work through MAPS. They have a wonderful Bulletin which has interesting articles of various kinds. I recently volunteered at a conference organized by MAPS, called Psychedelic Science in the 21st Century. It was a great experience to help put on a large venue at which people like Andrew Weil and many others shared what they have learned in their studies and healing practices.

I can not tell you how much I appreciate the work and research of MAPS. I was confined to my bed for ten years, due to emotional trauma and physical pain. I developed herniated disks in my back and found my self in excruciating pain in one day. The lack of movement and the prescription drugs I was put on made my life unbearable, I did not want to live. One night, about three years ago, my son introduced me to MDMA I reevaluated my life and rediscovered what was really important... in the matter of one month I was virtually pain and drug free and starting to enjoy my life again. Psychedelics are invaluble in treating post traumatic stress and childhood trauma. Under the right circumstances they can interrupt addiction and give one a new insight into lifes mysteries. I am grateful, personally, for MAPS unsurpased research and it is my greatest goal to attend one of the psychedelic scienc fair conferences. Please help this association to help others.

Hello, I have been a MAPS member for several years and am extremely impressed by the quality of their services, publications, dedication, and cutting edge work. As a physician, I feel their mission is incredibly valuable to medicine and healing.

Having been a member of MAPS for many years, I can attest to the integrity of this organization. They are the most effective and dedicated group anywhere in the world, working in the area of legitimizing and educating people to the therapeutic uses of empathogens and psychedelics. This is important work that is carried out by MAPS with the utmost seriousness and professionalism.

I know MAPS has been working for years on a worthwhile and important cause that is very difficult for many people to understand. Through my association in recent times with MAPS I have seen how they work tirelessly and with great care to build credible, first class evidence of the healing and theraputic potentials of the treatments they are championing. This organisation is making a powerful and important difference in the world.

MAPS is doing truly visionary work that can help thousands, if not millions, of people around the world who are suffering from PTSD and other crippling psychological problems that simply cannot be treated safely and assuredly with conventional methods.

MAPS OFFERS HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. HOPE THAT VALUABLE MEDICINES WILL BE RECOGNIZED AS THE EXTRAORDINARY TOOLS THEY ARE FOR SO MANY HEALING APPLICATIONS. APPLICATIONS WHICH INCLUDE PSYCHOTHERAPY, SPIRITUAL RENEWAL, END OF LIFE CARE, AND NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH. MAPS FUNDS STUDIES WORLD WIDE TO ASSIST RESEARCHERS AND PATIENTS IN THEIR QUEST.

MAPS is moving Psychedelic Science into the 21st century as evidenced by the interest in the recent conference of that name. MAPS' efforts helps those who have little hope using "conventional" interventions (PTSD, end of life anxiety and addictions). Their scope is worldwide and their mission is the compassionate use of psychedelics!

MAPS commitment to understanding, respecting and honoring the value of entheogens and psychedelics in therapy is without pair. The passion in their work and their potential benefits are too great not to be acknowledged and taken into consideration.

I am inspired by the work MAPS is doing, bringing the most potent of natural medicines out of the realm of social taboo and into public consciousness. Their support of research on the potential benefit of psychotropic substances to psychosomatic disorders such as PTSD is courageous and timely, and their organization is respectful and respected.

MAPS not only heals people - it heals nations. MAPS sponsors studies that help unlock consciousness. Emotional distress is relieved, anguish is soothed and peace is promoted.

I fully support the decriminalization of drugs... especially entheogens. The war on drugs is a scam. Liberty is taken not given... We take back from the tyrannical government the spiritual right to commune with the universe.

MAPS is leading the way in promoting the intelligent and safe therapeutic use of psychedelics. They are truly visionary and I believe their work is absolutely crucial to the psychological and spiritual evolution of the human race.

MAPS is awesome. If I were to die today, I would want all my money to go to MAPS research. MAPS is leading the charge to research important psychedelic medicines and (where appropriate) to integrate them into safe legal normal legitimate theraputic practice. As someone with close friends suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and end of life anxiety, I very much appreciate their hard courageous work. MAPS does it's work with integrity, transparency and compassion. Please support MAPS in their very important work.

MAPS - the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies - is a non-profit health-related organization of which I have been a member since 1999 (I think it was). Rick Doblin and his associates do important work on the consciousness-influencing substances known as Psychedelics/Hallucinogens/Entheogens - in order to establish their general worth to (and impact on) humankind. It's been a pleasure over the years to see how MAPS' systematic, sober and stringent work has elevated the recognition and value of the relevant substances world-wide. MAPS, Rick Doblin and his tenacious work deeply deserves all the support it can get. Love, Support & Donations Ole Ullern, Oslo, Norway

This organizations is doing amazing things to help ensure that science always comes before politics! If it were not for organizations such as this one, the good of humanity would suffer.

MAPS acts with integrity and scientific rigorousness to ensure the most innovative, helpful, and world-changing research. MAPS' research is on the cutting edge of discovering the ways psycho-actives can positively transform individuals and therefore their communities and beyond. MAPS is one of the few organizations I have seen where I truly believe that if they continue their work they can deeply transform the way we live as humans.

MAPS is a 21st century non profit, it is run transparently, professionally and efficiently. The areas of its engagement are essential steps in the furthering of human health and societal transformation. I have had the opportunity to work closely and to interview the individuals who lead this org. and am thoroughly impressed by their intelligence and ethics.

MAPS is paving the path for valid, concrete and reliable research and progress for healthier, safer, and more effective medicinal treatment. My personal story involved my mother dying of cancer, my best friend having PTSD and nearly killing herself, and many others...that all managed to cope better, with less prescription drug side effects, under the plant medicines & controlled studies that MAPS proves works and heals.

MAPS is a groundbreaking organization that is trying to shift the perception and usage of psychedelic substances in the scientific arena. The therapeutic potential of psychedelic substances is vast, and ranges from profound insights into the biochemistry of the brain and mental illnesses, to the treatment of stress disorders such as PTSD and OCD.

I have been interested in the use of entheogens as an adjunct to psychotherapy ever since I was beginning my long career as a psychologist in 1967. Not until now did I get the opportunity to run a scientific study that is legal and well designed, with the full support of MAPS. Rick Doblin is indefatigable in giving moral, financial, professional support. A great and much needed organization.

The work MAPS are doing is helping forth an understanding of the world with potential to help humankind more than most people imagine. It is upwards on a hill of prejudice and ignorance. And I think that doing it so very proffesional as they manage, yet non-profit is the best way it could happen.

MAPS is a wonderful organization run by and supported by people who are that uncommon and perfect mix of highly professional and passionate humanitarians. I hold MAPS in the highest regard. Every one of my dealings with them has been stellar. Every organization should be run as well, and staffed by such intelligent and dedicated personnel.

MAPS publishes great newsletters keeping me up to date on the struggles surrounding medicinal use of psychedelic drugs. They provide clear, insightful materials about the war on drugs and the potential medicinal uses of drugs that are currently illegal. Thank you, MAPS!

I'm pleased with the information and presentation of the information MAPS presents. It's comprehensive and credible and well researched. I'm looking forward to continuing to participate and grow with the organization.

MAPS continues to lead the field in research into the medical use of psychedelic substances. They are an invaluable part of our health care research establishment.

When many people see the word psychedelic rarely do their thoughts turn to therapeutic benefits. The US government has done a good job of demonizing many potent and beneficial medicines, and this most certainly includes entheogens. What MAPS is doing is brave, profound, and much needed. I look forward to the day when entheogenic thereapy is as accepted and mainstream as Viagra and that I can say that I was supporter when people were still laughing!

Back in the 1980's before MDMA (Ecstasy) was made illegal it was being adopted as a tool to facilitate psychotherapy, and there was a significant outcry from the psychiatric profession when it was scheduled and declared as having "no accepted medical use" by the law. In 1985, Rick Doblin had the vision and the faith to establish MAPS for the purpose of proving to everyone, through the most difficult process as dictated by the US government, that MDMA does have clear and valuable medical uses, and ultimately have it approved as a prescription medication. Thanks to Rick's steadfast perseverance, MDMA has completed a phase II clinical trial in the United States for the treatment of PTSD, which showed excellent results, and is well on its way into phase III clinical trials. MAPS has also supported studies into the use of medical marijuana, LSD, psilocybin and other currently illegal drugs which also show very promising healing potential according to anecdotal reports and initial scientific studies. If you are inspired by the healing potential that some controlled substances could have if they could be used medically, supporting MAPS financially and by volunteering to help or by encouraging others is the best way I know to bring this goal into reality.

A well-established and competently staffed nonprofit under the helm of a well-grounded, yet visionary, director. From my perspective, MAPS has grown and matured steadily since its inception, and has become an organization that is making significant contributions to scientific knowledge and responsible social change.

MAPS has been a driving force in the resurgence of psychedelic medicine in the twenty-first century, pushing the envelope to conduct breaking studies in the treatment of severe anxiety disorders using MDMA. Such current research includes psychedelic-based anxiolytic treatments for end-of-life anxiety in terminal cancer patients and PTSD in veterans which have procured promising preliminary results in early phase testing.

MAPS is doing an amazing job of supporting research and educating the public about the positive benefits of psychedelics. The job they're doing is like opening the doors and windows of a magnificent mansion and letting the light shine in on a place which for years has been boarded up through fear and ignorance.

MAPS offers wisdom for a new wave of medicine and ways to properly use and view substances long overlooked. They offer a variety of resources to people of all ages and all walks of life, so they may better understand medicinal applications of these substances, as well as realize all the beneficial and healing potentials realized. They are a wealth of wisdom for our community!

MAPS moved to my town and I got a chance to attend a talk with Rick Doblin to hear about the current research with MDMA, LSD, and other psychedelics. There has always been a lot of data to show the promise of these types of drugs and it is exciting to see the clinical approach MAPS is taking to explore the benefits. Their studies with treating PTSD show a great deal of promise to bring relief to many. MAPS is focused on their mission and the use membership funds wisely.

Not only has MAPS found a balance in discovering responsible and unorthodox methods for applying psychoactives and their counterparts in modern medicine and sociologic research. They are on the brink of some crucial human discoveries looking into the future, and it is exciting to know what lies ahead for this organization and what they may find.

MAPS is an organization full of wonderful people working towards a brighter future where the positive potential of entheogens is recognized and utilized to benefit people in need. I attended and volunteered at the Psychedelic Science in the 21st Century conference they recently hosted in California and was impressed and inspired with all the ambitious projects they support.

MAPS is a critical organization needed to further the research of psychedelic studies, there progress so far has been outstanding and it will only continue to produce excellent results in this field.

MAPS, at its core, is dedicated to healing people emotionally and spiritually. MAPS is a positive force in this world. Had I a surplus of financial resources, MAPS would be at or near the top of my list of designated recipient organizations. Rick Doblin's determination and dedication to the MAPS mission is awe-inspiring to me. I am a fan of MAPS from a distance. I have met Mr. Doblin once, and I wish he, and MAPS, completion of their mission.

While i have never had direct experience with MAPS, I have however had many personal experiences in my life; many have which affected my life in ways that seem to parallel the goals of the organization MAPS. My experiences have led to an overall more spiritual outlook on life and I have a much greater sense of self confidence. These are just a few symptoms of what will occur if psychedelic research is allowed to cotinue to grow and prosper.

I don't think the importance of MAPS can overstated. They are taking the time and doing the paperwork necessary to reconcile science with public policy. It's a tough row to hoe, fighting against political and social prejudices to ascertain, in a way that will convince academics, healthcare professionals, and the general public, whether there are legitimate uses for these once-forbidden medicines. It's not the easy way, more like the slow work of water eroding stone - if it keeps flowing, the change is inevitable, even if takes years. The few advances we've seen so far - studies at Johns Hopkins with psilocybin, genomic research on LSD at the Heffter Institute, MDMA for PTSD - have happened largely because of MAPS. Keep this important organization going!

MAPS is a vital organization for discovering and sharing factual information about the possible medicinal uses of psychedelics. Their commitment to research and helping people makes them a nonprofit I am proud to support.

MAPS focuses heavily upon systematic research into tools that are banned, not based upon any sort of reasoned, logical argument, but exaggeration and propaganda. Its attempts to find new and dynamic ways to assist people are inspiring.

MAPS is at the forefront of championing scientific research and public policy reform; as we slowly emerge from the dark ages of psychedelic research into an increasingly complex and complicated world, MAPS continues to lead the way advocating for both our civil liberties and our health. Please consider helping them in this endeavor.

MAPS is an amazing source for information regarding cutting edge research and study of new medicines and therapies, currently outlawed because of ignorance and bias created by fearmongering right wing fanatics and evil corporations trying to increase their profits by controlling medicines availibility and keeping medicines illegal to keep the privatized prison/criminal justice system funded.

MAPS is the premiere organization for pioneering and demystifying the medicinal use of those entheogenic and/or psychotropic substances which are currently classified as no medicinal use. Research currently suggests great potential for treatment of many psychological disturbances such as post-traumatic stress disorder. Without MAPS, these treatments will not be available to millions of patients whom would benefit from their use.

A respectable organization with a worthwhile aim to destigmatize psychedelic compounds and use them as tools to help people heal from psychological ailments such as post-traumatic stress disorder, which afflicts many U.S. veterans.

This organization is playing an unprecedented role in demystifying psychedelics and revealing their utility as therapeutic tools for self growth. Hearing Rick Doblin speak for the first time last year truly changed my perspective on psychedelics and their possible role in society. This organization is invaluable to our society in my eyes.

While doing research on the psychotherapeutic affects of entheogenic drugs, I discovered MAPS. I was intruiged with all of the sound research found on their website and the amount of work put in to bring to light substances that could have life changing results for people, despite their negative image. MAPS put on an amazing conference, and not a second was wasted with all the rigorous studies and presenations. MAPS is truly ahead of its time.

This organization is helping to bring light to various pharmacological and plant tools that can help many people heal from traumatic life events, emotional pain, spiritual pain and help bring humanity to a higher level of consciousness.

The resurgence of psychedelic and empathogenic research in the 21st Century is due, almost entirely, to Rick Doblin and MAPS. With the number of our military personal suffering from PTSD skyrocketing, their research will mean the difference between a full and fulfilling life and one of misery for tens of thousands of our troops.

Wonderful organization!!! Professional, passionate, and hard working individuals determined to assist humanity in recognizing the intrinsic and medical value of previously demonized chemicals and plants.

In my work and studies, I've found that many substances classified as illegal have great therapeutic value. To do scientific research into this topic is a matter of great value. MAPS, without the financial backup of big multinational pharmaceutics, has conducted the major scientific research into this field, providing strong empiric data, that can be used by us all and developing scientific knowledge Therefore I think their work is of great importance and they need all the support they can get

My research and experiences convinced me that there are many valuable uses for psychedelic drugs. Many psychological conditions, some of the most debilitating and difficult to treat, could be successfully treated with proper use of these chemicals. The government has placed most of these substances on its Schedule I of drug enforcement, stating that they have no medical uses, thereby claiming their lack of merit with absolutely NO testing whatsoever. This is ignorant and unscientific. MAPS is trying to correct this mistake using the accepted processes and procedures for doing so. I applaud the effort and the tenacity this requires. I encourage you to support them whenever and however you can. If they succeed in uncovering a successful treatment for PTSD, we will all be better off. For instance, that would be one of the most valuable things we could do to support our troops.

Invaluable organization!!! MAPS is bringing important areas of study back into current awareness and acceptance. Psychadelic research can have a profound effect on theraputic practices and human exploration.

MAPS founder Rick Doblin gave a lecture at West Georgia College on March 26, 2009 that I attended. It was a life-changing event because he outlined the research goals of MAPS and explained how powerfully healing the careful use of psychedelics can be and why this medicine is vitally needed in the world at this time. His talk was deeply moving as he ranged from the personal to the global. His work will have far-reaching effects for years to come and the world will be a better place because of it.

I became interested in MAPS after finding a community who believed in what I already knew as truth: some scheduled chemicals in the United States are fantastic tools for psychotherapy but are currently illegal. I sought drug-assisted psychotherapy after the suicide of my father. Having received a remarkable series of experiences which I believe have not only helped me overcome my grief, but substantially set my consciousness on a path centered around benevolence and service. I have donated resources for years to this organization in hopes that they can assist in the legitimacy of my experience, for the greater good of the general public.

MAPS is reinvigorating a too long ignored area of research of drugs that have been shown to have potentially great benefits in treating addiction and other mental health conditions. Unfortunately the early research done was buried in our drug abuse paranoia, and promising treatment modalities were lost to practitioners for too long. The wonderful people at MAPS have doggedly fought the paranoia and bureaucracy to actually start to prove what many of us already know, and create great alternatives to the current treatment regime.

MAPS is the only professional scientific organisation which explores the possibilities of psychedelic drugs in psychotherapy - regarding the sorrow that could be relieved using MDMA and other drugs, MAPS' work is most important.

MAPS has always provided me with accurate information about psychedelics and the past and present research regarding them - and so much more! I cannot thank the organization enough for what they have done and the work in which they are presently involved. Their up-hill battle for the proper treatment of and with psychedelics is truly heroic! The conference in San Jose was an excellent product of their hard work and I greatly appreciated the opportunity to meet with so many like-minded individuals for the chance to educate each other with the knowledge we have been striving so hard to attain and spread. THANK YOU.

MAPS is our best hope for saving humanity as it stands today. It is a forum for new ideas and old ones as well, where they meet under the gaze of today's society. And perhaps when they are looking this time around, the necessity will be revealed.

MAPS has done an amazing job of rescuing the most important medicines of the last century from the dustbin of history, where narrow minded political interests believed they had relegated them.

This waking state of consciousness we enjoy each day is not the only one possible. And those other types are not as far away as we might think. Many great things can emerge from glimpsing the other side of life through psychedelic drugs: art, music, poetry or maybe just a few good laughs with friends. But what if dwelling in alternative states of consciousness could have a more far-reaching, profound or even healing effect on our well-being? Well, the truth is, it can. I have learned this through my work with MAPS. MAPS is a non-profit organisation that brings together the best medical minds throughout the world to scientifically explore the medical and therapeutic applications for psychedelic drugs. They do does this because the people supporting MAPS have a passion and a vision for the future of modern medicine - a future in which the healing power of alternative states of consciousness induced by psychedelic drugs could one day be used alongside conventional treatments to improve the health of millions of people. But don't be fooled into thinking this is mysticism - oh no. The people at MAPS strive for the latest methodologically sound scientific tools to further medicine's understanding of these fascinating chemicals. I am a doctor, I am not interested in mystical fantasies or quack cures, but I am attracted to good science and robust methods, which is exactly what I see going on at MAPS. That's why I'm aboard the bus. Now tell me, what's your reason for being here?

MAPS is a fantastic organization filling a very necessary role. An entire untapped power potentially lies in psychedelics and MAPS is THE foremost scientific venture into their world.

As a health care professional, I honor the invaluable contribution that MAPS makes to the world of science and medicine.

As someone who is interested in research on the mind, I've found that MAPS is making a unique contribution with its combination of scientific research and anecdotal material. There is a sore need to revisit the therapeutic value of "psychedelic" drugs and plants to make the benefits of well documented and supervised usage available to the general public. Although there will always be a need for such research and writing on the qualities of these mind-revealing substances, now that we are at war and there are so many traumatized veterans returning to the country, the need to utilize these drugs and plants in a therapeutic setting is even greater.

MAPS is an association which study the therapeutic benefits of psychedelics. I found psychedelics beneficial and wanted to learn more so went searching and found MAPS. They are a source of balanced scientific research and what I believe needs to continue in a field of such great potential.

As a psychotherapist and personally, I think it is important to continue research on substances that can help people who have not been able to get relief for painful symptoms with other treatments. I had the opportunity to use MDMA therapeutically before its criminalization and eventual placement as a schedule 1 substance. I took MDMA as a last resort after years of not finding relief for painful PTSD symptoms with antidepressants and sedatives. I had given up hope of ever getting relief and was considering taking my own life. As a person who had never taken any kind of psychoactive drug before, I was very apprehensive and did not believe MDMA could help me, but at that time I had nothing to lose and agreed to try it. For the first time in my life I was able to get perspective on my life and my symptoms. The importance of this was monumental. I could experience my fears, my traumatic past (without being re-traumatized), and simultaneously know that at that moment I was safe and had a choice to live my life differently. The possibility of being in control of my experience was not only new to me but gave me something to hold on to; a beginning that felt very tangible. MDMA was not a miracle drug. I did not wake up free of PTSD, but I believe the experience was the beginning of a long healing journey that led me to becoming a therapist and an advocate for the use of MDMA in the treatment of PTSD and other mental disorders. The symptoms of PTSD are not only painful, but are debilitating in a way that one becomes isolated from one's own life. As a therapist in a government approved study in Spain using MDMA to treat PTSD, and in my own personal experience, I believe MDMA is the most successful treatment for the symptoms caused by PTSD. Hopefully with more research and testimonials we can one day offer MDMA as a possible treatment for PTSD.

MAPS provided a forum for people from many diverse communities to converge with their new research results, discoveries and ideas. Now that the FDA approved research using various psychedelic substances, huge amounts of information is beginning to emerge. Promising results have been proven, providing hope for people who suffer from P.T.S.D., cluster headaches, end of life anxiety and many other problems. Public education in these fields is important. Additionally there have been breakthroughs in consciousness that were demonstrated at this conference. The visionary art was my favorite part, though, and discovering Randall Fontes and his Light Mandala there has made a big difference in my life's journey. It was MAPS that made this possible.

Illegal Drugs. We've been led to believe we should all "Just Say No" to them because there's nothing redeeming about them. We should pay billions of dollars each year fighting a war against U.S. citizens. We should lock our neighbors in jail cells for using substances safer than alcohol. We should live in ignorance of things that could potentially help us, all the while knowing there are many legal substances being used that cause much more harm. MAPS says that certain illegal drugs DO have the potential to help people heal. Mentally, physically and in many cases spiritually. They just want permission from the government to legally prove this in a scientific manner. The majority of the public unfortunately has a negative perception of marijuana, lsd, "magic mushrooms" and ecstacy. But MAPS knows each of these can and has been helpful in treating many things including PTSD. I commend MAPS for the work they're doing and I'm excited by the thought of how many people they're going to help with their research.

The work that this organization is implementing will be accepted treatment and benefit people as we evolve to a need based world of helping the psyche heal. M.A.P.S. is cutting edge in helping people. I was introduced to their organization at a Drug Policy Alliance conference in New Orleans Dec 07. I was recently released from a federal prison camp for manufacturing MDMA, arrested the same month (Apr 2004)that it had been approved for testing. I discovered people that had a greater understanding and offered much support to me. Psychedelics have the potential of healing the human organism. Be grateful this work is underway and do all that you can to help.

MAPS is a great organization funding and organizing research on medications that drug companies no longer have interest researching since they can no longer be patented.

God bless MAPS and all the great people who make this possible. They are very informative and like bluelight, play a great role in harm prevention.

This organisation is the leading group in understanding the significant link between psychedelic drugs and many psychotherapeutic methods. They are constantly trying new techniques in the way of helping troubled patients or even in some cases patients with a serious illness such as those sufferring from cluster headaches. This area of research is left untouched by government studies and one of the only ways psychotherapists can utilise such tools is through the groundbreaking work of this charity.

MAPS is an important factor to cutting edge medicine. Early psychedelic studies were rapidly changing the way we understand mental health and other feilds of study before it was shut down by the federal government in the 1960s. It is only in recent years that researchers have been able to explore the medicinal properties of psychedelic substances and the benefits they may present to humanity.

I commend MAPS for their groundbreaking studies being done one substances no one else dares touch. I think these men and women deserve a lot more than they receive, be it funding, respect or anything else which may help with this research.

MAPS is an excellent foundation doing research into the effects and value of various unconventional drugs, which almost no one else is doing.

This organization is doing more then any other to help research safer and more effective ways of dealing with mental and emotional illness and disturbances. In addition to research, they are distributing great education and informational pieces to help shift the thinking around healing and hope in the mental health community.

Skirting convention, the members of MAPS have risked their professional careers and, ironically, their scientific reputations by daring to pursue research into schedule I psychedelics and empathogens on the basis of scientific findings rather than the cowed social consensus of their contemporaries. They are to be commended for their courage and their rigor; they are paragons of scientific revolution, their research holds incredible promise, and they're being ignored.

MAPS is the foremost organization in championing psychedelic studies, gathering information and generating routes for further questioning and substances that a tumultuous political climate has made nearly impossible. Their research is opening venues of research to aid the terminally ill in finding meaning and acceptance, and is planting the seeds of change in a misguided drug policy preventing the healthy, safe, therapeutic use of these substances.

MAPS has steadfastly pursued the right to research, experiment, study and utilize substances that have been the object of condemnation and banning by the dominant cultures. Open to the historical usage of these substances by people throughout the ages, MAPS has relentlessly struggled to demonstrate to governmental policy makers the usefulness of them as therapies for a wide variety of physical, psychological and spiritual issues. I admire MAPS in that they pursue clinical research and scientific exploration in accordance with the most demanding and rigid guidelines. MAPS is dedicated to pursuing the truth of these substances and to exposing the bias, misinformation and propaganda spread by fear mongers and misled prohibitionists. Focusing on healing, quality of life, education, and growth for individuals and society, MAPS has demonstrated positive benefits in many areas. As I watch the clinical studies pertinent to my field of practice and witness the rigorous attention to the scientific method and to practical application of the results, I am inspired and encouraged. The participants and presenters were greatly diverse and were all highly motivated, professional and creative. The presentations were organized and the discussions lively. The quality of the educators and researchers was excellent and reflected the great range of individuals attracted to and motivated by MAPS work. The conference inspired respect, curiosity, and optimism, and I will continue my involvement and support.

As an interested party, I greatly value the work being done by MAPS. the field of psychotherapy will only benefit from the continued research on chemicals like LSD and MDMA, and even in the face of an oppressive federal government, they continue their research. I hope to one day join this cause, and their continued existence gives me something to work towards.

MAPS is one of the last organizations that still holds on to the ideal of transformational medicines -- medicines that require consciousness and participation, and doctors who realize they're patience must go through an ordeal in order to heal. MAPS carries on the legacy of what psychotherapy was originally intended for before the discipline was side-swiped by behaviorist traditions, turning persons into variables, and creating a sense of predictably in the human mind (of which there is none). Transformational medicines such as LSD, MDMA, Psilocybin, Ibogaine are what MAPS works with. These medicines have been suppressed from our study and practice by uneducated legislation. MAPS offers the most important tool in overcoming the drug problem in our world: education. Understanding. This is crucial in our times. If you hadn't been paying attention, MAPS, finally getting permission from the DEA, helped sponsor the first legal administration of LSD in a scientific study in 40 years! Humankind may be moving very slowly but nonetheless MAPS is a diverse, focused and intended organization that gives us a lot of hope.

This organization is the only group working on pushing the frontier of science in psychedelic research. These gifts have long been ignored, and they need an advocacy group to foster their study & development.

I admire MAPS in that they pursue clinical research and scientific exploration that remains grounded in humanism. They skillfully navigate a path through difficult terrain, often congested with misinformation, bureaucracy, and profiteering. Focused on integrative approaches to healing, quality of life, education, and growth, the goals of the organization seem rooted in the interests of both the individual and collective. It is fascinating to follow the clinical studies pertinent to my field of practice, to witness rigorous attention to the scientific method and to practical application of the results. What really inspires and and holds my attention is that MAPS does this while never losing sight of what it means to be human, honoring the dialectic between knowledge and mystery. The people I have encountered at the conference and other events have left a strong impression. As a group, a community, they seem to possess remarkable authenticity and vitality. There seems to be great diversity among the organization, professionally and personally, and my conversations reflected the great range of individuals attracted to and motivated by MAPS work. The conference exhibited an atmosphere of respect, curiosity, and optimism, which has stayed with me and continues to inspire my involvement and support.

MAPS, a first class organization that deals with the last inner frontier, the Mind, and deserves to continue all the good work they do. There was some great work started in the 1960's that needed to continue before puritanical fear cut it off. Now it can because of organizations like this. The outcome of the research can and will be as valuable as other research dealing with cancer, psychology, and health. MAPS touches all of these areas and for sure will be able to tie them all together in wonderful discoveries. A substance like LSD, which was discovered the same year as atomic fission and is as powerful, needs an outlet to be researched. LSD has already brought balance to the war crazed world. Now the true medicine it can be should be researched along with a host of powerful medicines that deserve intelligent research.

MAPS is truly a one-of-a-kind organization. They are at the front line of a complex public policy debate around the medicinal value of substances, which have been demonized and sanctioned by the media and the government. This will be a looong discussion, and MAPS has demonstrated that they have the stamina to continue lobbying for the new, safe uses of medicines with amazing potential. The level of professionalism and organization demonstrated at the recent Psychedelic Science Conference makes me feel very confident in my decision to fund MAPS-sponsored research and lobbying.

As someone who plans on being in this field in a few years MAPS is a great resource for information and guidance. From funding studies to promoting education like their epic psychedelic science conference. MAPS leads the way in helping unlock the profound potential of these misunderstood medicines. MAPS is a great charity as they seek to help all of humankind.

As an Iraq war veteran, I find Their research astounding. Instead of prolonging the constant day to day dealings of PTSD with SSRI's , there looking for a way to deal with it quickly and effectively. After reading about MAPS I quickly learned that there are options in life, and as a medical professional, I have put my educational goals toward doing all I can to not only become a part of MAPS but to also spread the knowledge about Psychedelic studies. I fully support MAPS and all of the incredible work they are doing.

MAPS is building a community with the potential to shift the way our culture views healing, spirituality and the mind. They support and encourage the work of those who are researching psychedelic substances and experiences, and have for many years. The work they support has the potential to find new treatments for chronic and/or terminal health conditions, reduce suffering, expand self-understanding and mend relationships. Few other groups or programs of study can claim such bredth and depth. MAPS and the research they support is on the cutting edge of a number of potentially transformative paradigm shifts in the diverse fields of medicine, art, psychology, spiritual practice, and human relationships.I support them wholeheartedly!

MAPS is one of the most important nonprofit organizations of our time. The discovery of psychedelics decades ago helped to open up a whole new area of research and understanding of the mind and consciousness. MAPS is the main legitimate organization that works to advance this research since it was demonized and basically outlawed. They receive very little if any funding and they rely on volunteers and donors.

MAPS is a great organisation, helping many people in a huge variety of ways using psychedelics and other such compounds. I have been checking the website routinely for many years after wishing to participate in research. MAPS do more for people suffering from horrendous diseases and with little or no prospect, helping them accept there situations and come to terms with life. This is a field where very few organisations are active. Please help support MAPS.

The discovery of psychedelics was a milestone in the exploration of the mind. The subsequent history of their impact on culture, thought and the appreciation of consciousness is complex and tragic: psychedelic research is a very young science, and it found itself embroiled in a maelstrom of politics, law and prejudice from which it is only slowly extracting itself. Yet if there is one lesson worth learning, it is that the study of consciousness is central to our evolution and ability to cope with ourselves - we are, it seems, the biggest threat to ourselves that there is. MAPS has been and is an exceptionally bold and thoughtful approach to re-establishing psychedelic studies as a discipline worthy of the name. It has been the only organisation with the clear vision and determination to take on the mess of history, patiently working to demonstrate the tantalising evidence that there is a great and rewarding journey to be undertaken, while remaining true to the ineffable nature of its topic. MAPS has reawakened the field. It has brought together those who hold that there is no contradiction between working with psychedelics in medicine, psychology and culture, and the morals, ethics and rigour required to produce good work of benefit to all. It has given those who value the insights and potential of psychedelic research hope that they may yet be integrated into the great project of science that has given so much to the world. It has defused the fear and prejudice that has chilled such research - or if not defused, then at least set out a practical and achievable path. It is said that the mark of true genius is to make us realise what we knew all along. If that is true, then MAPS is at the least touched with genius, and has shown this with courage, fortitude and imagination. The truth of the above can be found in the many studies undertaken, permissions granted and rational discussions opened, in the heart of the medical, legal and research establishment - an establishment which is highly predisposed to dismiss the field as irrelevant and distracting, if not downright dangerous to career and livelihood. Why does this matter? In my life, I have found psychedelics to be helpful in exposing aspects of my own personality to rational understanding, as well as profoundly beneficial to my creativity and understanding of others. Yet I have done so in the face of possible legal, medical and personal repercussions that have been massively unhelpful in reaching this point. There is much harm done, and much that is good that is not being done. Discovering MAPS has made me realise that I am not alone in seeing this, and that a better way is possible, practical and worth fighting for. That realisation is the touchstone of a worthwhile force for good, and MAPS remains for me one of the engines of hope that motivate action to create a better world.

As a graduate student in medical informatics, it has been a pleasure to support MAPS in their endeavor to treat as well as educate the public as to the potential clinical uses of psychedelics. Irrational fear CAN be overcome with education and well-designed clinical trials, and data-driven decision making.

MAPS is a great non profit organization with great leadership and a fascinating research topic. They are attempting to bring new medicines onto the market to treat ailments with drugs that have been deemed illegal by the United States though these substances have many obvious medical applications. I recently attended a conference in San Francisco where several MAPS people were there, including founder Rick Doblin, who is a very interesting, caring, and passionate man. At the conference the goals of MAPS were expressed to us, and they are a noble group of scientific researchers who want to better the world by allowing people with stress to be treated in a manner which doesn't involve addicting substances that are bad for your body. Also some of the research they wish to do is with returning veterans with PTSD, and that is a very good cause to be supporting ... our troops. I hope that MAPS wins this 5000 dollars in order to help them fund the research that they are performing. They are a noble and awesome organization and deserve the support of all of us.

The aims, methods, and goals of MAPS as a non-profit organization coincide with the needs of our contemporary world. In a world where rational and empirical evidence are needed to help sort out the issue of drugs, MAPS is leading in the way in strict, high-quality, scientific research that will have broad implications across medicine, psychology, public policy, law, and spirituality. Many health issues that do not respond to conventional methods remain prevalent in our society: addiction, cluster headaches, PTSD, OCD, etc. Psychedelics have a track record, both anecdotal and scientific, in being useful in alleviating all these different diseases. MAPS is at the frontier of these area of research, providing us with new studies, results, and with a 'lead by example' attitude.

MAPS is on a mission to help people by using methods that are unconventional or out of favor. The people at MAPS can see beyond the smoke screen of disinformation that has characterized public and media opinion about the usefulness of psychedelics and other entheogenic substances as cheap and useful medicines. They are doing their best, with limited resources, to enable scientific research into medicines that are not patentable. Pharmaceutical companies are not interested in these substances since there is no money to be made from them. MAPS helps prepare proposals for scientific double blind studies under expert medical supervision for many types of mental and physical health problems. They also help fund many of these studies by underwriting the costs associated with FDA approved clinical trials.

MAPS is providing a unique and critical resource in advancing our knowledge of psychedelics and their many positive uses for individuals and society. I attended their conference in 2010 and found it to be one of the most important events I have attended in a long time. The content was excellent and the people I met great.

I've been an avid reader of MAPS bulletins for over a decade now, and have greatly appreciated their open-minded attitude when it comes to exploring the often untold experiences with and benefits of psychedelics. Their continued promotion of psychedelic research is very impressive, and I believe MAPS will be instrumental to psychedelics gaining much-deserved credibility as life-enriching substances capable of deepening human consciousness and granting us a much broader view of reality - both seen and unseen.

Scientific research should never be stifled by government. Truth is now more readily accessible because of the internet and those in power can no longer so easily lie to us. Use Google and LEARN.

I discovered MAPS 4 or 5 years ago while doing research on a thesis I was working on. The focus was on the impact psychedelic substances on non-verbal communication throughout history. I have remained involved with MAPS ever since because I stand behind their beliefs and what they are working toward. I believe people who suffer from various conditions can truly benefit from proper use of psychedelic substances, which can greatly improve their quality of life.

Psychedelic Substances are not only "drugs", but VERY useful tools for the mental health and well being of humans. MAPS is paving the way for psychedelic medicines which will not only be a huge benefit to man kind, but a step in a very positive direction towards new drug legislation in general. Psychedelics have been around forever, but until just recently the war on drugs has stopped any research from being done with them. The vast number of uses of psychedelics are sure to make the world a better place, and MAPS is finally making it happen, not just talking about it.

MAPS is an extraordinary organization that upholds sound research ethics to pursue greater understanding of what psychedelic substances can do to help people. I am very excited about the work this organization does and hope others will be motivated to find out more.

I did my doctoral research on the risks and benefits of psychedelic drug use in the late 80's. In my doctoral dissertation I reviewed the use of psychedelics in primal cultures for various rites of passage, the use of psychedelics by psychiatrists in the fifties and sixties to understand and treat psychoses, neuroses, addictions, and death and dyting. I reviewed the non-medical street and recreational use of these substances and their adverse effects and benefits. I have found no other organization like MAPS, which the responsible scientific investigation of psychedelic substances for their heuristic value. I highly value the existence and work of this organization within a culture that has lost a sense of the of the value of such experiences for humans, an experience for which many traditional cultures for 1000's of years had reserved a special creative and even sacred purpose.

Psychedelic drugs are things that I had been successfully frightened by figures of authority into thinking were harmful and dangerous, while I went on suffering from social anxiety and depression. The research publicized by this organization allowed me an unbiased look at a topic that is severely misunderstood; and as a result, I have been able to overcome many psychological obstacles that may have never otherwise even come to consciousness, and to genuinely begin to develop as a person.

This organization realizes the immense power in bringing the individual fully into the presence of God, moksha, nirvana, the god-state - whatever you want to call it, so that one can realize the underpinnings of this material life and learn to move over and beyond their problems. MAPS is of the highest order of organizations with the absolute highest aspirations for mankind as its mission.

MAPS helps getting research on misunderstood chemicals back on track and funds/undertakes studies that no one else dares to finance. Their work will improve the lives of thousands of people when the substances they examine are finally proven to live up to the high expectations experiments have set before they were banned. Their study about MDMA as a tool in psychotherpy in PTSD cases already has already been a great success and shows the incredible potential in currently controlled substances to help people. The work of MAPS is consistently scientifically sound and of high quality.

MAPS is the most innovative nonprofit group I have ever encountered. To me, nothing could be more important than a peaceful end-of-life experience, and that is one of the primary goals of this organization. Through some of their clinical trials, they have reported being able to bring arguing families together during a loved one's last moments, make terminal patients come to terms with their death so that they can spend their remaining time focusing on more important things, and they have also helped those with diagnosed PTSD to permanently recover. They have created a positive, powerful, and intelligent community with their supporters. Through their efforts, so many people have been enabled to open their eyes to the incredible potential in this life. The organization seeks to improve quality of life through legitimate scientific research and sound medical practices. They are, in so many ways, my hope for this world.

MAPS is doing important world-changing work by seeking to bring scientific legitimacy to the use of powerful medicines. The world needs these medicines now more than ever - what with all of the war vets coming back with PTSD. The research they are sponsoring is starting to show that MDMA is an excellent treatment for untreatable PTSD. Other research projects include using psilocybin for end-of-life anxiety, which has produced remarkable results. People can benefit from these treatments because they are powerful, short-term, and cost-effective. MAPS is leading the way to a healthier world.

I would rank MAPS as one of the most important nonprofits out there. They have a space all to themselves - showing currently banned drugs can provide a deep and enriching therapeutic benefit to people. I have been a member for many years and am very grateful for the work which MAPS does. They have had to fight an uphill battle for many years but keep on going no matter what.

This is one of the most important nonprofits out there today. The medical and scientific potential of entheogens and enctactogens has been a complete mystery with the savage suppression of all psychedelic research since the 60's. Now is a new Renaissance in neuroscience, psychotherapy, and I believe even spirituality. MDMA can be a tremendously beneficial therapeutic tool for those suffering with PTSD; Psilocybin can make those terminally ill with cancer come to grips with the dying process and the afterlife. What kind of barbaric society would deny legitimate research into this simply because the hippies caused the government a bit of trouble 40 years ago? I plan on donating to MAPS for the rest of my life and doing anything I can to help this noble effort in scientific inquiry.

MAPS is an amazing organization dedicated to the scientific study of psychedelic drugs. They assist serious researchers in gaining funding and governmental approval for studies on psychedelic drugs with medical therapeutic benefits. This research would not be possible without an organization like MAPS. I have been a long time member and supporter and use their website as a resource for the students in my graduate classes on drugs and drug abuse.

This group has been making leaps and bounds in bringing effective treatment options to people with PTSD and terminal cancer patients with end of life anxiety. In spite of draconian drug laws and endemic misinformation in the U.S. MAPS has brought very important and useful tools back into the lab and hopefully on their way to healthcare providers.

What a wonderful organization. The medical studies involved in psychedelics is minimal, at best. From the numbers, we have found that the benefits with patients exceed the expected results. Everyone should at least open their minds and listen to what MAPS has to offer.

In the two years that I have been a donor, MAPS has maintained financial transparency and given regular updates on their short and long term plans. Their performance makes me confident that I can rely on them to accomplish a great deal in the important mission of reestablishing the medical availability of psychedelic drugs.

I discovered MAPS through their table at a Transpersonal Psychology Association conference many years ago, and by hearing Rick Doblin speak at that conference. I became a MAPS member, and I have since heard Mr. Doblin speak many times. One of the things that immediately impressed me about him was his suggestion that those interested in promoting the benefits of psychedelic substances need also to address the risks of their use. MAPS does this by providing psychedelic crises support at large festivals such as Burning Man, and by providing an immensely valuable online resource, Responding to Difficult Psychedelic Experiences (http://www.maps.org/responding_to_difficult_psychedelic_experiences.html), for helping people undergoing adverse reactions to psychedelic experiences. And of course MAPS tirelessly advocates for government-sanctioned clinical and empirical research into the benefits and risks of psychedelic substances. One particular example of how being a MAPS member has benefited me: When I was working on my dissertation on a Jungian framework for understanding psychedelic experience, I read an article in the MAPS Bulletin about an important British pioneer in LSD therapy, Dr. Ronald Sandison. I was delighted to learn that Dr. Sandison was alive and well at 92, and before long I was talking with him on the telephone and acquiring valuable information for my dissertation. I later had the honor of meeting him in his home in England. None of this would have happened without MAPS.

MAPS is the cutting edge in the institution of psychological healing. I have had therapeutic growth with MDMA and cannabis, for which MAPS is the center of research and policy change. None can hold a candle to this torchbearer of the Good-bringers. MDMA is THE tool to gently open the emotional doors, from personal experience. What cannabis really means for us is the start of conscious pharmacological self-design. MAPS stops short of this cultural issue, and are strictly working with the FDA and institutional psychology to change policy, a wise position.

MAPS has worked for years to get psychedelics the fair consideration they deserve. These are tools that have many powerful psychological/psychiatric potentials that are just beginning to be discovered. This organization does tremendous work educating the public and representatives, and also funding and supporting clinical trials.

When I found MAPS and learned of their commitment to support and expand psychedelic research I was awed, inspired, and profoundly grateful. It's hard to articulate what a strange admixture it was - disbelief, elation, and the profound sense of possibility. I attended the Conference in San Jose, CA in April and the impression was confirmed further. I'd found a dedicated, enlightened and creative organization whose vision and tenacity were palpable. In fact, they promote and support avenues of research for decades condemned, ridiculed and relegated to the illicit margins, research essential to the further illumination of the human psyche and soul, and to the amelioration of human suffering. I made a donation on the spot and will continue to do so. I only wish I had discovered them when I was working toward my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology because I would have lent a hand to research and written a related thesis, adding to the body of knowledge emerging in the field.

MAPS is a community devoted to using bringing together nature and science to support the elimination of suffering of humans. They're work is helping change the lives of many who would otherwise be in emotional or physical pain from a traumatic events or debilitating disease. I am grateful for the devotion this group has made to a cause that has not been widely appreciated in our culture. They are true pioneers with the courage and love to bring forward new ways of thinking for us all.

Great team of people who pulled off an incredible conference - first scientific review of psychedelic science in 17 years. I connected with thought leaders and medical professionals with a shared vision treatment, and got to review the evidence for areas of research that are loaded with potential. My career track has shifted, towards a new and positive direction as a result of the conference.

I found MAPS through my individual therapy work. MAPS provides a network of information, sharing ideas and procedures to help the growth of these (currently) alternative methods. Unlike most medical research, the dividends from MAPS members research are consistently huge and hard to ignore. It is rare to be bold in today's world - unless there's tons of money to be made. MAPS is not interested in the money, but the results for a healthier population. The boldness comes from re-thinking tradition, and using some of science's newest theories that are aligning nicely with very old, traditions of past cultures. The things we have "forgotten" and are now rediscovering are likely to become the science of the next few years; I see it as a parallel path in two fields - one concerned with the details and scientific reasoning, and one concerned with people and emotion. MAPS is the bridge between the world of science and human emotion and thought, a truly powerful area when the two are combined.

If our species and small world is to last much longer we better support positive change for our environment and consciousness.For decades MAPS has taken the lead in destigmatizing psychoactive medicines and supporting research to further understand their practical uses, with ongoing and increasing success.

The best network of folks I've found in a decade of searching worldwide... I'm new to the group but find them thoroughly laudable.

I had the honor of meeting several MAPS scientists at a conference in San Francisco and was immediately impressed with the quality and legitimacy of the research being conducted. America's insistence that natural, herbal substances which humanity has been using for thousands of years are evil whereas synthetic pharmaceuticals produced by corporations for profit are safe enough to force upon unsuspecting children is so backwards and disgusting that MAPS deserves as much funding as possible in order to shift humanity back onto the right track.

It's never easy being on the cutting edge of scientific development, especially when that edge invites controversy. That usually makes you mostly a target. MAPS faces the challenges with dignity, integrity and with a degree of uncompromising intellectual honesty that has been awarded with measurable results, scientific recognition and growing influence. They need to be supported to be able to do more and to do so at a increased rate so to shorten the suffering of the PTSD sufferers who have yet to find relief.

MAPS means a lot of things to a wide variety of people. While their mission statement (to develop psychedelics into therapeutic aids) is indeed a noble and legitimate cause, the organization represents a whole lot more and inspires people far beyond its expressed cause. They give voice to and unite a community of scientists, artists, and spiritualists who are all inspired by psychedelics in some way or another, and I personally feel that MAPS challenges this community to articulate the many beneficial uses of psychedelics. They offer hope that psychedelics can not only be used to improve the world around us, but that the society we live in is also responsive to psychedelics as a vessel for change.

In the world of research, psychedelic studies are the scary redheaded step-child who may very likely grow up to save us all. Hints of amazingly powerful results with limited use and minimal danger of side effects prove these substances need to be looked into, but it is still a third-rail zone for too many people and organizations. This realm of research is chronically under-financed because it is misunderstood and legalities are intricate and dangerous. The possibilities of great results are so great it is hard to believe. MAPS supports research world-wide. We need to support MAPS.

MAPS is an organization dedicated to exploring and developing the potential healing powers of psychedelic drugs. As such it treads on controversial and risky ground. Controversial because these are "drugs" which carry a generally negative connotation in our present world. And these drugs have even more controversy due to their association with people and movements in the controversial decade of the 1960's. Risky from the viewpoint of "legitimate" researchers who look askance at anyone who would take these drugs seriously. But they seek to find therapeutic potential and harness it for humane uses. They recognize that there appear to be therapeutic potentials from these substances which can help people who cannot be helped by currently available drugs and techniques. MAPS funds research by cutting edge physicians, psychologists, therapists and writers who share their vision. And they have many successes to their credit. With these continued efforts MAPS is seeking to restore psychedelics and their healing potential to the realm of respected and legitimate research.

MAPS is a wonderful assortment of alternative but very real possibilities for healing. I believe this organization brings together intelligent minds and important ideas who manifest a more effective direction for medicine. It's an important organization!

I've been following MAPS for a decade now as I have a deep interest in the creative, cognitive, and medical uses of psychedelic substances. The power and potential of psychedelic substances speak for themselves to those that use and study them. MAPS is the voice of psychedelics to many people and organizations that would otherwise be deaf and dumb to the subject matter.

It would be hard to overstate the "wealth of purpose" of this noble organization. As a serious, scientific and legal advocate for research along the neuro-chemical frontiers of the brain and world, MAPS provides both actual service (publications, research-support, conferences, socio-scientific connection) with the virtually infinite therapeutic promise for the future of neurology and the human species as well. James Winchell, Ph.D., Whitman College

My name is Franccesca and I am currently a Psychology student living in Austin, Tx. I was exposed to MAPS through visionary art and a tight-knit community of people who saw that an organization like MAPS can pave the way to a better understanding, not only of medicine, but of ourselves. It is because of MAPS that I entered Psychology and I hope to one day be a part of the organization. MAPS's work had already touched the lives of many and their continued dedication to understanding psychedelic studies will lead to a bright future. The studies on MDMA and PTSD were astounding and well put together. MAPS follows strict regulations for their testing and uphold the up-most scientific integrity.

MAPS is a wonderful program seeking medical and scientific knowledge in areas ignored by others. I am so grateful for the existence of this group. Having had experiences myself, I identify with the speculation that earth shattering benefits can be achieved through learning more about psychedelic substances. A research group such as this needs support and I hope that they get as much as they need. It's a hard road to walk alone, so I'm putting my effort in back of MAPS.

MAPS is a critical organization that works tirelessly to fund and publicize essential research that could help our society thrive not only in the medical arena, but in religious and social arenas as well. MAPS helped me gain access to research in the fast, efficient manner necessary for me to finish my research on time.

I wholeheartedly support the work of MAPS to push forward on research that could benefit people with problems that have not responded well to more mainstream treatments. Thanks for helping this organization out in any way you can!

MAPS is a very important organization for the progress of humanity on earth in our current age. The scientific study of consciousness altering compounds is at the forefront of human scientific knowledge and significance for the development of human society, civilization and individuals, as well as for the health of the planet. This organization is effectively neutralizing harmful stigmas which prevent positive progress in the area of human psychology and spirituality. Psychedelics are a key issue for all people and must be dealt with in a mature, respectable, and interdisciplinary fashion. MAPS is guiding the vision of a positive and healthy relationship with these powerful medicines and should be commended for their courage, relevance, and maturity.

I've been following the work of Rick Doblin and MAPS for several years now and have also contributed to their fundraising program for a therapy study using MDMA with people suffering from PTSD. This is a remarkable organization with a brilliant vision aimed at the legitimate use of psychedelic substances in therapy. These substances have been badly misunderstood and denigrated in our modern cultures. MAPS is on the forefront of efforts to give them there rightful due. And they are doing this work for the right reason: compassion for people's suffering.

MAPS is a wonderful organization that should be part of every medical research center. The mind is the most powerful portion of a human, why wouldn’t we be doing everything possible to unlock the mysteries of that extraordinary part of existence. Psychedelics are the catalyst that clarifies consciousness thinking. Done in a proper setting, the psychedelic experience will be life changing in a positive way while rising up awareness and understanding of life’s natural path to harmony. I know that consciousness expansion is a must, and should be at the top subject of the media, government, churches, schools, and in the community. Let’s keep supporting MAPS and other foundations like it to keep doing all the beautiful research and putting these psychedelics in the main stream. If everyone could understand the medical and life enhancement implications of these substances, it shouldn’t be too hard to get them to the public………….RIGHT ! Once the media, government, churches, schools, and community start educating and putting psychedelics on the top priority list then we can see massive change in this world. Thank you MAPS for getting us closer and closer every day.

MAPS is helping overcome a cultural prejudice against science and psychedelics in the United States by finding legitimate uses for scheduled substances through medical research. As a long-time sufferer of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, having received a stem-cell transplant and many subsequent courses of chemotherapy, I am grateful for their work. As one approaching end of life issues, I am more than grateful.

To Whomever, I have just recently come across this cutting edge organization and am quiet impressed with it's endeavors to treat the multitudes of conditions and illnesses that conventionally, are non-treatable. Unless someone takes the lead to treat these ills of humanity in new ways, there will never be help for the multitudes of individuals that suffer day after day, with no relief in sight. Conventional medicine and the drug companies have continued to prove with their actions that they are more interested in profit, than the relief of human suffering. Only with brave new research into these fields of relief, will we be able to find that which works.

The Multi-disciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies is providing a valuable role in researching novel medicines to treat and heal PTSD and other serious medical issues that currently do not have effective treatment modalities. By working closely with the Federal Drug Administration MAPS has successfully conducted an important Phase 2 Study for the treatment of PTSD with MDMA. I have been affiliated with MAPS since its inception, and have watched as this organization over the years has effectively taken a humanitarian role in the approval of medicines that may assist to relieve the disease and suffering of many people who are currently without hope. I highly recommend that anyone interested in the field of research and making a donation review the website at www.maps.org.

This is one of the few organizations supporting the research of psychedelics. The work they're doing is invaluable. I have nothing but tremendous respect for MAPS and I wish they had all the resources and funding in the world to do what they need to do. Psychedelics have been demonized in the west and MAPS is helping to discover all of their potential. They're a wonderful organization.

MAPS is a nonprofit that is deeply committed to research and healing potentials. They are providing an incredible service to all people who are interested in healing.

MAPS is doing a critical service that no one else is doing, at least to this scale. The research that MAPS is conducting will hopefully make valuable medical treatments available to people that are currently withheld from the public for legal reasons.

it's pretty clear that we can't rely on Big Pharma to design safe medicines that work--lying about results, cheating on FDA approvals, making drugs with side effects worse than the disease--so MAPS is stepping up to do so. the fact that the clinical trials and conferences they designs, funds, and otherwise supports are on drugs that have been the subject of cultural and political repression for years only compounds the importance of what they're doing. MAPS has the technical know-how, the political savvy, and the guts to change how medicine is made.

It was unlikely weather for the month of April on the coast of Northern California. The kind of -just the right temperature- clear beautiful light blue skies, and the sun that bathed us just enough to experience what I call the “shower of warmth.” As we drove up the beautiful coast of California heading from our home in Woodland Hills to San Jose to attend the “Psychedelic Science in the 21st Century” conference, I thought of the diversity of my so many interests and activities and the years I have shared these activities with my husband, Oren, who not only supports my choices but rather enjoys the quality of living they add to our lives. The conference was the first of its kind in the last 40 years and I was excited to be part of such highly accredited and intelligent Academia people from scientists to psychologists, psychiatrists, medical field professionals, and great thinkers and practitioners of health from all over the world. As I flipped the first page of the program designed by MAPS (The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) I read the organization’s mission: 1.To treat conditions for which conventional medicines provide limited relief- such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), pain, drug dependence, anxiety and depression associated with end-of-life issues- by developing psychedelics and marijuana into prescription medicines. 2.To cure many thousands of people by building a network of clinics where treatments can be provided. 3.To educate the public honestly about the risks and benefits of psychedelics and marijuana. I thought to myself, what is it in this statement that attracts me and excites me to belong? What are the commonalities I find that between me and those 1,000 strangers that feel like family to me. And the answer is: Truth. I eagerly ran from lecture to lecture excited to learn. I received vast amounts of information on how, with proper use, healing with plants and chemicals can be used as a therapeutic guidance. Those substances are tools that operate the technology of the mind. Just like the techniques in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), Time Line Therapy, and Hypnosis. What’s common between those doctors and myself is that we are truth seekers and we all believe that the mind has capabilities of healing everything whether physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual, but thanks to technological advancements we now can prove it. Once again, as many times before in my journey towards understanding the relationship of man between the Universe, himself, and others, I found myself listening to various people from many walks of life saying basically the same statement: “ We are one with all that exists. We are affecting and affected by everything in our environment…internally and externally.” This was not just another conference for me. The content of the conference was interesting, I collected new information that developed my thinking and skills, I asked deep, strong questions and got educated in an area that affects me not only as a coach but as a member of the human family, I got numerous confirmations to my own theory that the mind is an inner technological device, the highest technological device that can be found on the planet and that we are using just a fraction of its potential and that there are ways and techniques that we must LEARN in order to use its full potential. But that was not all that I got - most touching to me is that I got hope, and great positive excitement that the human family is seeking truth, the human family is seeking peace, and health, and caring for one another and to belong to such company was an honor that filled my heart.

This organization is the culmination of a 20 year struggle by pioneers in the use and understanding of psychedelics to bring together biochemists, physicians, and lay voyagers in support of furthering our understanding of these astounding and absolutely unique drugs.

MAPS is doing astonishing work. They are navigating exceedingly difficult waters of politics and public perception to bring an unquestionable legitimacy to the research into the benefits of the little-understood and much maligned group of substances known as psychedelics.

In my mind, MAPS is about patience, perseverance and progress. They have helped release research into psychedelic medicine from a quagmire of red-tape and raised eyebrows by making it possible to again study how psychedelics can be used therapeutically where conventional treatments have failed. Decades of scientific research into psychedelic medicine have been lost. The years to come look far more promising, thanks to this indefatigable group. And, on a personal note, Valerie Mojeiko of MAPS went to extraordinary lengths to make sure I got a book I wanted. Thanks again Valerie.

MAPS continues to be a vital interphase between mind and body, between society and it's future, between spirit and matter and between relief and pain between fear of death and embracing peace for patients who need the services that psychedelic substances can produce in the proper set and setting.

As a specialist in public health, I see many opportunities for using psychedelic substances in a medical context. It can be useful for many pathologies for a low cost and very interresting results. But we have it is important to be careful about the way we chose to introduce these powerful drugs in psychotherapy.

MAPS is perhaps one of the bravest and most determined non-profit organizations that I've ever come across. They realize that there is real medical and psychological value to the controlled use of psychedelics, and they work hard to let people know about it. Not only are they healing people in their clinical trials, they are also fighting a pernicious stigma every step of the way. MAPS deserves your support for the betterment of the individual patient and for the betterment of society as a whole.

I attended an all day workshop titled, "Neurophysiology of Psychedelics". The workshop was just excellent. They had the best people in their fields. I was really impressed with who came.

I've always been interested in alternative ways to raise people's consciousness as well as being able to heal them through psychedelic modalities. The work that was started years ago in the psychedelic field, has now reached a new plateau with MAPS. Rick and company have expertly and responsibly paved the way to opening new vistas through the continuing research, medical applications, and awareness of psychedelics.

MAPS has helped to educate me regarding the potential medical use of psychedelic compounds. Because these substances are anathema in the society at large, MAPS has been terrific in funding education and research.

I fully support MAPS and it's mission. As someone who has worked in the Amazon with indigenous groups and been shown the usefulness of plants such as Ayahuasca and San Pedro I see a great need for an org. like MAPS to exist. I know of no other org that does what MAPS does.

MAPS does great work by trying to improve the lives of those with conditions for which traditional medications have failed!

I am a 64 yr old, middle class non-drug using female. All of my experimentation was when I was young. But I've never forgotten the experiences. There is a place for hallucinogenic drugs in mankind's future. Moderation (and thoughtfulness and reasonableness) are all reasons that I support MAPS. Their place in our future must be supported.

Just at the moment i sit at my Mac, at home in Switzerland/Bern writing a homework for my study in Psychotherapy about PTSD-therapy. Because there is also one MDMA/PTSD Study in Switzerland sponsored by maps, i use this site for getting all my information i need. I honour the work of MAPS for their enthusiasm and professionality in proceeding all the work which is needed to become psychoactives useful and legal medicine. In my profession as therapist i see many people suffering on their illnesses not finding a way to their inner being. I think, MDMA used in a professional kind of therapy is a powerful instrument for finding out of a problem related world into a self regulated one by recognizing one's own responsibility. And this by a way no other regular psychopharmaka supported therapy can afford.

I have been a memeber of MAPS for 9 years. My experience is absolutely positive. This is a unique organization that promotes scientific research in the neglected and stigmatised area of psychedelics. I believe this area of research may prove very beneficial for promotion of mental health.

MAPS is an excellent organization for clarifying and engaging all issues related to the use of psychedelic medicines from a political, legal, cultural, spiritual, social, medical and personal level. I attended a conference produced by the organization recently in April 2010, and, was deeply impressed by how this field had matured, bringing much psychological and scientific research to the current topic. The shift in consciousness with proper use of psychedelic medicines can be and is nothing less than evolutionarily expansive and integrative at all levels of our lives. Thank you to MAPS and the people that work with the organization's purpose; for doing such a great job.

MAPS expertise and work is highly needed in our times and their action in the wide field of psychedelic medecine and psychedelic healing is full of promise for the birth of new treatments and of a enlightened perspective of psychedelics in our modern western societies. Their dedicated team is doing wonders and have helped many to move toward more compassion, increase knowledge and scientific understanding, and open minds and hearts. Alexandre QUARANTA, Ph.D.

I have been a MAPS member since 2006. This organization is the future of integrating academic research with awareness of humanity. I am continually astounded by the rigor of medical research found by those associated with MAPS, yet the wonder has not been extinguished--as in most forms of the academy and popular culture. The resources MAPS has to guests and its members are essential for the world's (and America's) future. Please go to the website and review all materials at your leisure. It will be beneficial both for you and your loved ones.

MAPS helps to focus new efforts in the study of the potential Psychedelics have to offer to today's society. I am working for a big pharmaceutical company and I recognize the benefits that some of these compounds might have for improving health. Studies on treating severe illnesses such as PostTraumatic Disorder or varieties of other anxiety and also pain realted disorders with now only (dis)regarded for their hallucinogenic effects prove to me that we need to focus our efforts to supporting the great work that MAPS has initiated. In a time where there is still so much suffering, there need to be new ideas of how to cure and treat illnesses. MAPS contributes a great deal to this.

I'm a member of MAPS since two years ago. Though I'm french, I support this organization because it's simply the most efficient and professional in this field. They are focused in science and medical research, do an impressive job to make that happens and it's actually happening thanks to them. They get government approval, they gather all the best specialists in psychedelic research worldwide.

I have been a member of MAPS for three years now. I am constantly impressed by their level of professionalism and dedication in this field. It is wonderful to see well balanced research taking place with an aim to mainstreaming psychedelic medicines for the benefit of all.

MAPS goes on where the research of the 60's ended. I think by now it is quite clear that psychedelics have huge potentials for psychology and personal development that can be of great beneficience to mankind, and they're doing the science, finding out how to cure people with it. Truly great people!

MAPS can be considered the main 'culprit' responsible for the resurge in interest in psychedelics research. This research was stopped due to a global ban on most psychoactive substances in the 60's, while experimental research had shown great potential in a wide variety of disciplines (medicine, psychology, addiction research, anthropology, philosophy and many more). For this alone, I cannot thank MAPS enough. Psychedelic substances are slowly getting back their place in the academic field, where they belong.

I recently attended and volunteered at the MAPS-sponsored conference "Psychedelic Science in the 21st Century." It was an honor and a privilege to share in this powerful congregation of minds and ideas. The experience of being there has had a lasting impact on my life, and provided me with the momentum I was seeking to change my life for the better. I am forever grateful to MAPS for promoting psychedelic research and for providing a safe and welcoming space for such research and revolution to occur.

Maps has initiated and developed the fundamental and critical research and promotion for advocating the most important and valuable of medicinal and therapeutic tools. That is, the beneficial and productive use of marijuana, ecstasy, LSD and mushrooms. I encourage you to learn more about MAPS its social-political and medical movement. They are truly the frontiers of a bright and amazing future.

MAPS has almost single-handedly--with patience, commitment, persistence, scholarship, unassailable research, compassion, and a perspective that manages to convey a scientific, spiritual, psychological, cultural, and communal equanimity--rebooted the Western understanding of the healing potential of entheogenic substances for all varieties of individual and social dis-eases. Their work has brought psychedelic therapy back into a mainstream imagination as a feasible, safe, and effective means of both physical and spiritual healing--and how this healing contributes to the global healing we so desperately need. Their archives afford laymen and professionals alike with accurate, nonsensationalized information. And their faith in the work they do lends a rare, even quotidian authenticity to their claims. They exclude no one and do not engage in negative campaigning or accusations, but rather patiently and consistently offer their results to the public. They are, in my opinion, one of the most important leaders in working toward global healing, interpersonal and international peace, more love in the world, and I trust them unequivocally and am intensely grateful for their devotion, the risks they take, and the hard work they do. Thank you MAPS!

MAPS is an extremely effective public policy organization that brings together credible scientists and policymakers around a topic about which everyone holds strong, often skewed views. They shine the light of research to assist members of the public make up their own minds based on data, not prejudice. Policymakers would be well suited if they could find other organizations willing to provide credible research for their assertions. It would change the public dialectic.

If you take an honest look at society as a whole there's a few gigantic problems hindering our progress as a species. MAPS is addressing one of those problems proactively everyday; the drug war, our understanding of drugs and how they work on the mind, and to cure the social stigma associated with psychedelics. The task which MAPS has undertaken is ambitious and needs our support. Breaking through the social stigma about substances commonly associated with old pagan cultures and ritualistic tribal use in today's pharmaceutical society is difficult but the potential benefits to mankind are vast and MAPS understands there's more to good health than a companies profit margin. With our support and a little luck, MAPS may change the face of medicine including the treatment of PTSD in our US Armed Forces in the next decade.

Honestly, I don't feel like bootlicking for this charity. They deserve to be an entire bureau of the health dept. They deserve to have a center wherein to implement newly theorized therapuetic techniques and be allowed space to grow psychedelics and have a school and retreat center. They deserve justice, quite frankly, and I don't think that 5000$ it going to give it to them, to give to us, the community. However, I believe wholeheartedly that Mr. Doblin and his intrepid staff are capable of using even a small 5000 grant toward that goal efficiently and practically so I guess this is not bootlicking. Yes, by all means give it to them, and help them get more.

MAPS may be one of the most important medical nonprofit organizations in existence. It is dedicated to pushing science and medicine to new heights and challenges society to think a little more outside the box.

MAPS is leading the way into the future of psycho-medical treatments with relevant and coherent psychedelic research that can be scientifically proven and empirically validated. Funded as a non-profit organisation and backed by a highly qualified and dedicated team of fellow human beings - all of whom are compassionate and understanding towards people undergoing P.T.S., psychological distress from terminal illnesses, migraines, and other debilitating ailments - they do their utmost to ensure that anyone undergoing a psychological affliction is given every chance to re-intergrate back into a healthy and vibrant mode of living without being crippled or impaired by unnecessary and prolonged medical treatments. Without this essential work into the psychological benefits of psychedelics, modern medicine may well linger far too long in a false Cartesian dualistic understanding of mind and body: one that sees these two essences of a human being as discreetly separate from one another, to be treated independently of each other... Rather than seeing a more accurate representation of the mind and body as monism than heals itself interdependently. This is probably the most important medical research being conducted in our time. MAPS needs you... And, believe it or not, you need MAPS! So donate today and support the future of this sustainable and highly effective medical treatment... Wake up and see it all for what it really is... The key to our well Being!

MAPS is a wonderful, wonderful organization. Psychedelics are often looked down upon because they are illegal and the public is widely misinformed. However, this never stops MAPS. They believe in their mission and go for it no matter what. Their research has the ability to help so many people and I truly, truly value it. I can't wait to be a part of this organization - in whatever way possible.

Changing the perception of psychedelics among the general population and, indeed, the elistes of industry and science is an uphill battle - one made all the harder by negative media coverage, ignorance, religious demonisation and the ill's of addictive narcotics lumped in with psychedelics. MAPS does an exemplary job at trying to inform the public through open testing and research, sharing their knowledge with the general public. Long may they prosper, they do fantastic work which is often misunderstood and marginalised because of it's controversial stance. It should be remembered that psychedelics are non-addictive, non-destructive substances - not to be confused with pharmaceuticals, crack, coke, meth and the litany of other drugs which girl pharmacopia a bad name.

MAPS is the leading organization for the leading cause of all humanity at this day and age. Without work into the psychological benefits of psychedelics, humanity is at a serious disadvantage. This is the most important research of our time and other than MAPS the only people getting involved are completely in the underground. MAPS is in great need of support and the world is in great need of MAPS. This work is urgent, this work is essential, this work is done by MAPS. Great organization, great cause, not so great funding. Please show the insight that our government lacks, the inherent value of psychedelics in the post-modern era.

The MAPS organization has made significant strides in restoring respectability to the use of entheogenic compounds for the alleviation of human suffering. Thanks to the efforts of its top-notch staff, scientific research is once again being sponsored in this field after four decades of reactionary prohibition. The "Psychedelic Science in the 21st Century" conference they recently sponsored in April received supportive worldwide coverage that included CNN, the BBC and the front page of the New York Times. Founder Rick Doblin has taken a noble idea and, with a lot of hard work, brought it to a state of fruition that can benefit people’s lives in a practical and humanitarian way. He has shown us a glimmer of hope for a new age, in a world that otherwise seems to be slowly sinking into chaos. I'm proud to be a part of it.

This group is doing more to help the world that any other organization anywhere. By challenging the common lack of understanding, we will soon be able to use medicine to keep our hearts, minds, and spirits engaged with the beauty of the earth. In a world of ignorance, it is nice to find a candle to light up a corner in a very dark room.

Thus far I have only been able to help MAPS monetarily, but the information that they have provided me with has been invaluable. I am a professional in the medical field, and I, like many of my colleagues, believe whole heartedly in the potential of psychedelic science to cure disease and enrich lives. MAPS is a well run, forward thinking organization that deserves whole-hearted support.

Volunteering at Psychedelic Science in the 21st century was a life changing experience for me in many ways. MAPS and it's supporters are truly dedicated to integrity and healing in individuals as well as in our entire society and culture.

MAPS is a organisation that is dedicated to the exploration of a controversial field,a field that few want to touch but that may hold quite a few diamonds in the rough for medicine as we know it today.They deserve our support if not for the dedication and the hard work they put into organising this research then at least for being the only ones bold enough to touch the studies of psychedelics in this day and age.

MAPS has consistently achieved progression in utilising the natural capacity of the mind to enhancing its potential that was previously thought improbable, all through proven scientific endeavour. It is leading the way in research clarifying therapeutic substances and techniques that will ultimately be of great use for helping return people to a healthy state.

Having worked closely with MAPS on a couple occasions, I am continually surprised by how dedicated, courageous, and skillful this organization is. No other organization that I know of has been as successful overcoming systemic bias to introduce wonderful therapies to a growing mainstream audience. They have done a commendable job at pooling their resources to assist researchers conducting studies that, in my opinion, are essential to the future of psychiatry. No other nonprofit that I know of has been so willing to defy societal taboos for what they believe is right. As an attendee of their recent conference, I must say that MAPS exceeded my highest expectations in every way imaginable.

MAPS is an organization that is helping scientists further the research into the potential uses of psychedelic compounds for the benefit of humanity. These misunderstood chemicals have such great potential but a greatly disparaged view by industrialized society. MAPS will be a leader in the progress of scientific research into the biology, effects, and use of psychedelics.