The use of psychedelics can be a safer and more meaningful choice when we create responsible and caring contexts for psychedelic experiences. For instance, some of the most basic ways to do this include having a sitter present and setting aside enough time to have and integrate the entire experience. The following resources offer more on the complexities and potential benefits of psychedelic use in a structured setting.

Resources on the MAPS website
Resources elsewhere on the Internet

• Handbook for the Therapeutic Use of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide-25: Individual and Group Procedures. This document, written by D.B. Blewett, Ph.D and N. Chwelos, M.D in 1959, was one of the earliest manuals written for LSD-assisted therapy. It is still one of the most comprehensive written guides on psychedelic therapy, offering a wealth of details on dosage, setting, every stage of the LSD experience, and common issues that may arise. [PDF version]
   
• "The Nature of The MDMA Experience and its Role in Healing, Psychotherapy, and Spiritual Practice," by Sophia Adamson and Ralph Metzner. Originally published in a 1988 edition of ReVision: The Journal of Consciousness and Change, this article is a great resource for planning a group MDMA experience, offering thoughts on the potential uses of MDMA and a number of detailed suggestions.
   
• The Secret Chief, by Myron Stolaroff. The full online text of this account of a pioneering underground psychedelic therapist. The book covers methods, problems, and individual cases in psychedelic therapy.
   
• Ethical Caring in Psychedelic Work, by Kylea Taylor M.S. In this article, Kylea Taylor emphasizes the importance of being aware of one's own needs and desires when sitting for someone in an altered state. She discusses some common motivations that sitters may have, and the harm that can be caused if these motives are not consciously understood.
   
• Counter-transference Issues in Psychedelic Psychotherapy, by Gary Fisher. Continuing the discussion on ethical care and the role of the therapist/sitter, this article was written by a psychedelic therapist who worked with patients in the 50s and 60s.
   
• Sacred Work in a Secular World: Guided, Structured, Group Use of Entheogenic Substances, by Roger Marsden. From a 1999 MAPS bulletin, this article describes the author's qualitative research interviewing three different groups in the U.S. which use psychedelics in a structured group experience facilitated by a guide.

• The Erowid Guiding and Sitting Vaults. This section of the Erowid website provides a great collection of links and information on structured psychedelic experiences. 
   
• Code of Ethics for Spiritual Guides, from the Council on Spiritual Practices. While specifically concerned with religious or spiritual experiences, these guidelines provide an ethical framework valuable to anyone facilitating the psychedelic experiences of another.