WEED 3: The Marijuana Revolution with Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Premieres on CNN Sunday, April 19
Host a viewing party to spread awareness and raise funds for medical marijuana research!
POOL TO WIN: Pool your viewing party donations and win a video chat with MAPS Executive Director Rick Doblin, Ph.D., and medical marijuana researcher Dr. Sue Sisley! The viewing site that makes the largest collective donation will win a 45-minute video call with these two visionary leaders of medical marijuana research and advocacy.
On Sunday, April 19, at 9:00pm ET/6:00pm PT, watch the premiere of WEED 3: The Marijuana Revolution on CNN with Dr. Sanjay Gupta for an insider’s look at the politics of medical marijuana research, with a special focus on MAPS and Dr. Sue Sisley’s work to study medical marijuana for U.S. veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
We’re encouraging all our supporters to host viewing parties to spread awareness and raise funds for MAPS’ work to end the federal barriers obstructing medical marijuana drug development research.
Host a viewing party on April 19 to support MAPS’ efforts to end the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) monopoly and Public Health Service (PHS) review process for marijuana research!
Sunday, April 19
7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT – WEED: Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports
8:00pm ET/5:00pm PT – WEED 2: Cannabis Madness
9:00pm ET/6:00pm PT – WEED 3: The Marijuana Revolution
10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT – High Profits: Cannabis Meets Capitalism
11:00pm ET/8:00pm PT – WEED 2: Cannabis Madness
12:00am ET/9:00pm PT – WEED 3: The Marijuana Revolution
1:00am ET/10:00pm PT – High Profits: Cannabis Meets Capitalism
How You Can Help
- Plan to watch the premiere of Weed 3 on CNN with Dr. Sanjay Gupta on Sunday, April 19
- Invite your friends, family, and colleagues to join you. Ask them to bring their checkbook or credit card.
- Serve a nice meal with refreshments
- After watching WEED 3, discuss your reactions to CNN’s coverage and talk about how you and your friends can help advance medical marijuana research
- Make individual or group donations to be part of MAPS efforts to end the NIDA monopoly and PHS review process for medical marijuana research
- Mail cash and/or checks to: MAPS, PO Box 8423 Santa Cruz, CA 95061. Be sure to include the names and emails of each person who gave along with the amount so that we can properly thank them (anonymous donations are also greatly appreciated).
- Go online to MAPS.org and make a donation of any size.
POOL TO WIN: Pool your viewing party donations and win a video chat with MAPS Executive Director Rick Doblin, Ph.D., and medical marijuana researcher Dr. Sue Sisley! The viewing site that makes the largest collective donation will win a 45-minute video call with these two visionary leaders of medical marijuana research and advocacy.
Why We Need Your Support
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is raising $50,000 to support medical marijuana research. Of that amount, $10,000 is needed for our FDA-approved and Colorado State funded marijuana PTSD study in 76 veterans, and $40,000 is needed for our advocacy efforts to end federal obstruction of privately-funded marijuana drug development research.
Research Costs: In December 2014, MAPS received a $2.15 million grant from the State of Colorado for a Phase 2 study of the safety and efficacy of smoked marijuana in 76 veterans with chronic, treatment-resistant posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The grant covers the costs of conducting the study, but doesn’t include about $10,000 for getting the protocol approved by the required regulatory authorities including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Public Health Service (PHS), Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Advocacy Costs: As part of our larger efforts to develop whole-plant marijuana into a prescription medication, MAPS is working to end the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) monopoly on the production of marijuana for all FDA-regulated clinical research, and to end the PHS review of medical marijuana protocols. These efforts include our lawsuits against the DEA regarding the application of Professor Lyle Craker, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, to grow marijuana for MAPS-sponsored research. If our newest DEA application is approved, it will open the door to Prof. Craker and other growers interested in producing medical grade marijuana for FDA-regulated clinical research, and ultimately providing marijuana for prescription use.
We are working with members of Congress to end the PHS protocol review. While our most recent marijuana study got past this hurdle, the PHS protocol review process delayed it for three years, and has prevented three previous MAPS studies from completing over the last 25 years. In 2014, we generated a letter from 30 Representatives to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Burwell asking her to end the PHS protocol review, but she refused to take action. On March 10, U.S. Senators Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Rand Paul introduced the CARERS Act to legalize marijuana for medical use and to facilitate medical marijuana research, for which we are working to generate support. About $40,000 is needed for attorney fees and staff time.
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