The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is a non-profit organization that aims to assist scientists to design, fund, obtain approval for and report on studies into the risks and benefits of MDMA, psychedelic drugs and marijuana. MAPS' goal is to develop these drugs into FDA-approved prescription medicines, and to educate the public about the risks and benefits. The organization was founded by Rick Doblin. A non-profit organization (often called non-profit org or simply non-profit or not-for-profit) is an organization whose primary objective is something other than the generation of profit. ... ecstasy and religious ecstasy MDMA, most commonly known today by the street name ecstasy, is a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family whose primary effect is to stimulate the brain to rapidly secrete large amounts of serotonin, causing a general sense of openness, empathy, energy, euphoria, and well-being. ... The psychedelic (from the Greek words for mind, ψυχη psyche, and manifest, δηλειν delein) drugs are classified as those whose primary action is that of enhancing or amplifying the thought processes of the brain. ... Cannabis is a plant also known as Cannabis sativa, hemp, or marijuana. ... Rick Doblin. ...

Currently, MAPS has been given a Schedule I license to conduct research with MDMA on veterans suffering from post traumatic stress syndrome from the Afghan war as well as Cancer patients, the first licenses the DEA has granted for MDMA research. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... ecstasy and religious ecstasy MDMA, most commonly known today by the street name ecstasy, is a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family whose primary effect is to stimulate the brain to rapidly secrete large amounts of serotonin, causing a general sense of openness, empathy, energy, euphoria, and well-being. ... Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is a term for the psychological consequences of exposure to or confrontation with stressful experiences, which involve actual or threatened death, serious physical injury or a threat to physical integrity and which the person found highly traumatic. ... The United States invasion of Afghanistan (codenamed Operation Enduring Freedom)occurred in n October 2001, in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., marking the beginning of its War on Terrorism campaign. ... When normal cells are damaged or old they undergo apoptosis; cancer cells, however, avoid apoptosis. ... Since 1973, the DEA has enforced the drug laws in the United States. ...

External links

• http://www.maps.org/