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First LSD Study in 35 Years Treats Last Subject: MAPS E-mail Newsletter
#14586541 - 06/09/11 04:49 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Dear MAPS Members and Friends, Summer is fast approaching. The days are getting longer, the breeze is getting warmer, and the only thing that's growing faster than the roses in my garden is MAPS' clinical research program.
In the past month, new studies of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD were approved by government agencies in both Israel and the United States. We also finalized the data for our Swiss study of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD, Health Canada completed its inspection of our Vancouver study facilities, and we began planning for a study of ibogaine treatment for addiction in New Zealand.
MAPS is now planning or conducting research in six countries and on four continents. As a worldwide leader in psychedelic psychotherapy research, we have a responsibility to ensure the clarity, consistency, and reliability of our treatment approach.
Setting standards for treatment, developing training manuals, and making research tools accessible to researchers around the world are all part of how MAPS is helping bring psychedelic healing to those who need it most.
On May 26, the last subject was treated in our Swiss study of LSD-assisted psychotherapy for anxiety due to life-threatening illness—the first clinical LSD study in over 35 years.
Psychiatrist and lead investigator Peter Gasser, M.D., indicated in a letter to friends and colleagues that he was deeply moved by the changes he witnessed in his subjects after undergoing treatment with LSD-assisted psychotherapy. He believes that the treatment helped some of them overcome the sense of isolation and despair that often comes with confronting death.
One subject reported that she wanted to clap "the warm buttocks of a cow" once more before she died as a symbol of reconnecting to something solid, familiar, and full of life. "In the second LSD session, she was dancing and singing in the treatment room, something she always wanted to do but never dared to do in her whole life."
It's still too early to report the final results of this study, but the fact that not a single subject had a serious negative reaction to the treatment is a major accomplishment that opens the door to future LSD psychotherapy research.
In this edition of the MAPS E-mail Newsletter, learn how we're expanding our research program, internationalizing our efforts, and planning for the future of psychedelic medicine.
None of our accomplishments would have been possible without our members. We need your support more than ever.
Sincerely,
Brad Burge, M.A. MAPS Director of Communications
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destructo_low
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Re: First LSD Study in 35 Years Treats Last Subject: MAPS E-mail Newsletter [Re: skatealex2]
#14586711 - 06/09/11 05:24 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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One subject reported that she wanted to clap "the warm buttocks of a cow" once more before she died as a symbol of reconnecting to something solid, familiar, and full of life.
-------------------- There is a molecule for every purpose. There are only actions and reactions. Cut out the middle men. Everything I say is a lie.
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mushiefeet
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Re: First LSD Study in 35 Years Treats Last Subject: MAPS E-mail Newsletter [Re: destructo_low]
#14586971 - 06/09/11 06:20 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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This is a really good read glad something seems to be moving forward. Also Destructo lol i laughed at the same quote.
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Gotlib



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Re: First LSD Study in 35 Years Treats Last Subject: MAPS E-mail Newsletter [Re: mushiefeet]
#14587020 - 06/09/11 06:33 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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happy to hear this I want them to open up in eastern Canada
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AltecLansing
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Re: First LSD Study in 35 Years Treats Last Subject: MAPS E-mail Newsletter [Re: Gotlib]
#14588600 - 06/10/11 12:48 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Oh man, some great news.
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DeliriumTrigger
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Re: First LSD Study in 35 Years Treats Last Subject: MAPS E-mail Newsletter [Re: AltecLansing]
#14589648 - 06/10/11 09:51 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Clap the warm buttocks of a cow? ...
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Gotlib



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Re: First LSD Study in 35 Years Treats Last Subject: MAPS E-mail Newsletter [Re: DeliriumTrigger]
#14589708 - 06/10/11 10:08 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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she probably was raised on a farm and petting the cows must be good memories to her
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LightShedder
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Re: First LSD Study in 35 Years Treats Last Subject: MAPS E-mail Newsletter [Re: Gotlib]
#14589724 - 06/10/11 10:11 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Or she's a Hindu. Either one.
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PsilocybinMike
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Re: First LSD Study in 35 Years Treats Last Subject: MAPS E-mail Newsletter [Re: LightShedder]
#14590270 - 06/10/11 12:09 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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I'm so proud of the work MAPS has done, and of every individual from staff to study participants to donators for the progress they've made. The success of these studies and the public acknowledgement of that success reinforced with hard data and first hand personal testimony of patients will surely be critical in catapulting psychedelic research to the next level.

I only wish I had more money I could donate. If you've got $35 dollars you can spare and have never become a member I strongly urge you to go to www.maps.org and sign up. This is the cutting edge of psychedelic research, anyone who would be inclined to register an account here would likely be inclined/benefit from doing the same with MAPS.
I can't really say enough good things about them.
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bryguy27007
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Re: First LSD Study in 35 Years Treats Last Subject: MAPS E-mail Newsletter [Re: PsilocybinMike]
#14591341 - 06/10/11 04:12 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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It's E-mails like this that make me proud to be a MAPS member. Please donate today, they are a worth cause. Donations are currently being matched 25 dollars for every 10 dollars that is donated. Now is the time.
http://maps.org/
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PinsWellWithOthers
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Re: First LSD Study in 35 Years Treats Last Subject: MAPS E-mail Newsletter [Re: bryguy27007]
#14593849 - 06/11/11 12:58 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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I really want to go clap a warm cow butt now. I think this lady might be onto something.
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vandago



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Re: First LSD Study in 35 Years Treats Last Subject: MAPS E-mail Newsletter [Re: PinsWellWithOthers]
#14595507 - 06/11/11 11:22 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Where does this LSD come from?
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AltecLansing
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Re: First LSD Study in 35 Years Treats Last Subject: MAPS E-mail Newsletter [Re: vandago]
#14596895 - 06/11/11 04:45 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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vandago said: Where does this LSD come from?
From the chemist that was interviewed on Nat Geo: Inside LSD, I'd assume.
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