Mindstates Conference IV: Technology and Transcendence

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Mindstates Conference IV Technology and
Transcendence

• Psychedelic Psychotherapy Research and
• Psychedelic Culture

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Legal MDMA Psychotherapy Research First Time in
20 Years

• DEA started to formally criminalize MDMA in
  1984, emergency scheduled in 1985.
• February 2004 FDA, DEA, IRB formally approved
  MAPS-sponsored research with MDMA-assisted
  psychotherapy in posttraumatic stress disorder
  (PTSD).
• Fear MDMA Neurotoxicity Claims,
• Hope Healing Emotions of Rape, Assault,War.

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Psychedelic Research at Harvard First time in 40
years

• 1965 Walter Pahnke completes study looking for
  placebos for double-blind studies with
  psilocybin.
• 2005 FDA and IRB approval of MDMA for anxiety
  in advanced-stage cancer patients.
• 2006 Proposed LSD/psilocybin cluster headache
  study.
• Fear Legacy of Leary, Cultural Rebellion
• Hope Healing Fear of Death, Cultural Integration

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Private Production of MarijuanaPerhaps First
Time in 65 Years

• 1937 Marijuana Tax Act
• 1942 Marijuana Removed from Formulary
• 2005 MAPS-coordinated lawsuit Prof. Lyle Craker
  v. DEA seeking license for a MAPS-sponsored
  facility at UMass Amherst,
• 2005 Dr. Abrams Smoking v.Vaporizing Study
• Fear Marijuana Propaganda, Gateway to Chaos
• Hope Safe, Effective, Inexpensive Medicine
  

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Albert Hofmann Birthday100 Years on January 11,
2006
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The VisionMysticism to Psychedelic Clinics
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Images of MDMA over Time

• From Aid to Meditation
• To
• Raves and Holes in the Head
• To
• Life Preserver

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Catholic Monk - 1985

• A monk spends his whole life cultivating the
  same awakened attitude it gives you.
  Brother David Steindl-Rast
  Newsweek, April 15, 1985

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Jewish Religious Leader-1985

• You call the Sabbath a delight. It MDMA is
  like the Sabbath at the end of a long week.
  Philadelphia
  Rabbi June 1, 1985. Washington Post

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Typical Rave
Hugged- up. Loved-upBlissed- out.

• Looks positive.

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DEA Website ImageWhat is a Rave?
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DEA Website Rave Icon
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NIDA Postcard 1999-2003
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Brain Damage Images

• Image courtesy of Dr. GA Ricaurte, Johns Hopkins
  University School of Medicine.

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Brain Cell Death

• Image courtesy of Dr. GA Ricaurte, Johns Hopkins
  University School of Medicine.

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Leshner Testimony to Senate Subcommittee on
Government Affairs 7/30/01Evidence of Bias in
2005 Political Ad
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Brain SPECT Scan-MTV/OprahHoles in the Brain
from MDMA
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Brain SPECT Scan-MTV/OprahHoles in the Brain
from MDMA
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Brain SPECT Scan-MTV/OprahHoles in the Brain
from MDMA
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Brain SPECT Scan-MTV/OprahHoles in the Brain
from MDMA
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Addicted to Ecstasy Career

• Lynn Smith
• May 2005, publishes book
• On promotional tour
• Works for Partnership
• For a Drug-Free America
• Despite Holes in the Brain, She walks, talks
  writes, makes money.

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ecstasythe ugly

• Ecstasy Eats your Brain

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McCann/ Ricaurte Science PaperSeptember 2002

• Preprint sent Dr. Mithoefer for comment. Title
  Severe Dopaminergic Neurotoxicity in Primates
  after a Single Recreational Dose Regimen of MDMA
  (Ecstasy).
• It is possible that some of the more recent
  cases of suspected young-onset Parkinsons might
  be related to MDMA exposure but that this link
  has not yet been recognized.

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MDMA Helps Treat Parkinsons

• Tim can perform gymnastic feats while on Ecstasy.
• BBC Special, Feb15, 2001

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NIDAs Freevibe Site-11/6/02

• Ecstasy was invented in a lab by a scientist
  working with the same chemical structures found
  in methamphetamine. At one time, the drug MDMA
  was used by psychotherapists, before they
  realized that the drug experience was not easily
  controlled and was mind-altering.
  http//www.freevibe.com/headsup/ecstasy.shtml

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Washington Post MDMA ArticlePortrait of Leary
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Israels Largest NewspaperMarch 25, 2005
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MAPS Bulletin Cover
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Future Potential

• "Psychedelics, used responsibly and with proper
  caution, would be for psychiatry what the
  microscope is for biology and medicine or the
  telescope is for astronomy."
• Dr. Stan Grof

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Albert Hofmanns Vision

• I believe that if people would learn to use
  LSDs vision-inducing capability more wisely,
  under suitable conditions, in medical practice
  and in combination with meditation, then in the
  future this problem child could become a wonder
  child.

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MAPS as Psychedelic Pharmaceutical Company

• MDMA Treatment Manuals
• Clinical Monitoring Teams
• Therapist Training Program
• CME courses
• 5 million, 5 year plan for studies

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Going Global

• Israel MDMA/PTSD Pilot Study
• Spain MDMA/PTSD Pilot Study
• Swiss MDMA/PTSD Pilot Study
• German MDE/maybe MDMA Couples Therapy study
• Canadian/Mexican Ibogaine Outcome Study

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MAPS as Marijuana Pharmaceutical Company

• DEA lawsuit for UMass Amherst
• Importation from Dutch Office of Medicinal
  Cannabis
• Vaporizer research non-smoking delivery system
  v. smoking

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MAPS as Community

• Conferences
• Networking
• Books, Publications, Email Forum
• Events Research and Dance Community
• Alex Greys Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
• 20th Anniversary of MAPS, 2006

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MAPS at Burning Man

• Psychedelic Emergency Services for the last two
  years, again this year.
• Fear Psychedelics as Catalysts of Acute Crisis
  and Long-Term Mental Illness
• Hope Crisis transformed to Therapy, Psychedelic
  Community Takes Care of Its Own, Acknowledgement
  of Risks and Balanced Integration into Society