• The January 2012 MAPS E-mail Newsletter is now available online.

  • The Winter 2011 MAPS Bulletin is now available online. The new edition contains our Annual Report, all-new articles, artwork, and more.

  • Prof. Lyle Craker’s legal team files their much-anticipated lawsuit against the DEA for upholding the federal blockade on medical marijuana research.

  • Honor Thy Daughter author Marilyn Howell chosen to speak at 2011 International Drug Policy Reform Conference closing plenary.

  • On September 16, 2011, the National Institute on Drug Abuse/Public Health Service refused to sell MAPS the marijuana needed for its planned study of marijuana for veterans with PTSD. The study already has clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration.

  • The Summer 2011 MAPS Bulletin is now available online and in members’ mailboxes! With a special message from MAPS Founder Rick Doblin, Ph.D., research updates, events and media news, and much more, this edition is perfect for sharing with friends and colleagues.

  • The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) upholds the federal marijuana monopoly by denying UMass Amherst Professor Lyle Craker a license to grow marijuana for privately funded research.

  • The Journal of Psychopharmacology announces that MAPS’ flagship study of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD was its most downloaded paper in 2010.

  • A lead story on Alternet reports that psychedelic research is booming, and that new treatments for pain, anxiety, and trauma could be available within a decade.

  • On June 1, 2011, Israel’s Ministry of Health approved MAPS’ new Israeli study of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD.

  • Marilyn Howell, Ed.D., author of the newly released Honor Thy Daughter, discusses how psychedelics combined with therapy helped her daughter come to terms with her illness on WCVB Boston.

  • MAPS Founder Rick Doblin, Ph.D., and Honor Thy Daughter author Marilyn Howell, Ed.D., candidly discuss psychedelic therapy in an interview on “Greater Boston.”

  • The Spring 2011 Special Edition of the MAPS Bulletin on “Psychedelics and the Mind/Body Connection” is now available online and in members’ mailboxes!

  • Honor Thy Daughter, a true story of psychedelic healing by Marilyn Howell, Ed.D., is now available from the MAPS Press.

  • On February 15, Oprah Winfrey’s popular O Magazine published a stirring cover article on MAPS’ work on MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD.

  • The MAPS 2010 Financial Report - Volume 20, Number 3 is now available for viewing and downloading as both a single PDF file and as individual PDF articles in the Bulletin archive.

  • Watch the Shulgin Tribute Banquet from MAPS’ Psychedelic Science conference.

  • Watch the Denver Mile High Marijuana Summit (from Nov. 6) or listen to it on MP3.

  • Watch videos from the Psychedelic Science in the 21st Century conference and earn CME/CE credit.

  • The Journal of Psychopharmacology’s publication of MAPS’ MDMA/PTSD study led to at least 138 media articles!

  • On July 19, the Journal of Psychopharmacology published the results of our U.S. MDMA/PTSD pilot study.

  • Michael Mithoefer, M.D. shares the results from his MDMA/PTSD pilot study in this video from Psychedelic Science in the 21st Century.

  • MAPS President Rick Doblin, Ph.D. gave an informative and visionary  Google Tech Talk about the psychedelic research renaissance.

  • On July 1, MAPS won the Guidestar / Great Nonprofits Health Campaign! We received more reviews from our supporters than 115 other nonprofits in the contest.