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<title><![CDATA[Telegraph.co.uk. Can mind-altering drugs have mental health benefits? by Arr ...]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.maps.org/sys/nq.pl?id=2142&amp;fmt=page" target="_blank">Telegraph.co.uk. Can mind-altering drugs have mental health benefits?</a> by Arran Frood.</p>
<p>  This article opens with an account of two deaths and one person entering into a coma as the result of a group psychotherpay session that allegedly involved illegal drugs. The article quickly moves to a discussion of the ideas behind psychedelic research and names several prominent people conducting studies. The author briefly recounts two sessions he particpated in which he was invited to because he has written  about the use of hallucinogenic drug research for many years for scientific media such as Nature and New Scientist. </p>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Alternet. "Letting the Science, Not the Politicians, Decide about Marijuana. ...]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.maps.org/sys/nq.pl?id=2137&fmt=page" target="_blank">Alternet. "Letting the Science, Not the Politicians, Decide about Marijuana."</a> By Jag Davies.</p>
<p>This is an incredibly intelligent article about the hypocrisy of Drug War officials and their obstruction of medical marijuana research. Author Jag Davies is the publications manager for the Drug Policy Alliance and a former MAPS staff member.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Guardian. "Scientists study possible health benefits of LSD and Ecstasy. ...]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.maps.org/sys/nq.pl?id=2135&fmt=page" target="_blank">The Guardian. "Scientists study possible health benefits of LSD and Ecstasy." </a>By Denis Campbell.</p>
<p>This article originally appeared in print on page 9 of the UK news section.</p>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Guardian. "Face to faith." By Alexander Beiner.
This article discusses h ...]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.maps.org/sys/nq.pl?id=2132&fmt=page" target="_blank">The Guardian. "Face to faith."</a> By Alexander Beiner.</p>
<p>This article discusses how the prohibition of psychedelics infringes on persons ability to choose how they experience the divine. MAPS is mentioned for spearheading the renaissance in psychedelic research.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Clinical Psychology Review. "Emerging treatments for PTSD." By Judith Cukor, ...]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.maps.org/mdma/clinical_psychology_ptsd_review.pdf" target="_blank">Clinical Psychology Review. "Emerging treatments for PTSD."</a> By Judith Cukor, Josh Spitalnick, JoAnn Difede, Albert Rizzo, and Barbara O. Rothbaum</p>
<p>This scientific, peer-reviewed paper has a section on MDMA. The authors quote an article from Rick Doblin, Ph.D. published in 2002 which was about MAPS' MDMA/PTSD Clinical Plan. They also quote Andy Parrott about MDMA's therapeutic potential, even though he has mostly written about the risks of MDMA. </p>
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