#AlbertHofmann #BicycleDay #PsychedelicScience #Research #Hofmann

83 years ago today, a Swiss chemist named Albert Hofmann stepped out of his laboratory in Basel, Switzerland, climbed onto his bicycle, and rode home accompanied by his lab partner. Happy Bicycle Day!!🚲✨

🚨Breaking🚨: A new federal directive aims to accelerate the review of psychedelic therapies.

What happens next will depend on how this momentum is held.

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InnerMost presents Papers & Practice, a 6-week, in-person educational immersion starting April 24 in New York.

Payment plans are available!

Learn more: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdN3MCD...

Did you know Betty Aldworth was Executive Director of SSDP in 2018, while Ismail Ali served on the Board of Directors alongside Zane Bader?

Today, Betty and Izzy are Co-Executive Directors at MAPS, and Zane is Associate Director of Communications.

Today, MAPS turns 40🥳

For four decades, this work has taken root, been carried forward through relationships, and continues to resonate today.

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Allow me to reintroduce myself😎

Sown from strong roots, sustained through shared purpose, and shaping what’s next — together.

Learn more about the last four decades, and what’s to come✨

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#PsychedelicScience #PsychedelicResearch #Research #Science #MAPSTurns40 #MAPS40 #MAPSAnniversary

One bold idea grew into a global movement🌎

Tomorrow, we celebrate✨

April 8. Forty years in the making🌱

it’s about time we made one of these…👀🔥

Introducing limited edition MAPS lighter cases, designed by Rudy Maldonado from Found and Found Store and signed by Rick Doblin!

Members get first access + 40% off for two weeks before it opens up.

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Initial Dose Drop

The New York Times recently featured Australia’s MDMA-assisted therapy program, showing what happens when psychedelic therapy meets the realities of healthcare systems.

Read the full article: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/health/mdma-t...

As reported in Filter Magazine by Jack Gorsline, New Mexico is taking an early step toward embedding psychedelic therapy within its public health infrastructure, while explicitly addressing the question of access.

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Today’s article, “Cosmic Diplomacy: Kinship, Confluence, and the Future of Psychedelics,” Glauber Loures de Assis, Adana Omágua Kambeba, Daiara Tukano, and Jairo Lima argue that the phrase “psychedelic renaissance” no longer fully captures the complexity of the present moment.

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In this talk from PS2025, the panelists examine how psychedelic spaces, especially those emerging outside medical systems, can offer room for survivors to process grief, reclaim pleasure, and interrupt cycles of disempowerment.

View the full talk:
https://virtualtrip.maps.org

Learn more about MAPS’ attendance at the 69th session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs: https://maps.org/2026/03/09/maps-un-2026cnd/

Our friends at InnerMost are currently hiring in New York City:

⭐️Therapists-in-Training (Part- & Full-Time)
⭐️Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners (Evenings & Weekends)

Learn more and apply! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclyj3s...

Swipe to learn about the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) and why MAPS is there this week! 🌏‼️

https://maps.org/2026/03/09/maps-un-2026cnd/

By centering relational practice, embodied discernment, and honest engagement with shadow, this article challenges “business as usual” in the psychedelic ecosystem and invites a slower, more humble approach to stewardship.

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In today’s Bulletin article, MAPS staff members Sahar Rajput and Hena Malik Başak reflect on what the holiest month in Islam means to them and how its teachings resonate with broader conversations about healing and community.

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Integration often asks us to speak about things that feel tender, unfinished, or hard to explain. When those conversations don’t feel possible within family or familiar circles, whether because of stigma, safety, or cultural context, the process can feel quietly isolating.

In honor of Women’s History Month, today’s Bulletin article highlights the founders of Hijas del Sur as they articulate a distinctly Latin American psychedelic feminism—one shaped by colonial histories, racial hierarchies, territorial struggles, and community care.

https://maps.org/news/bulletin

In this book, Nicholas Powers examines how psychedelics intersect with racial trauma, collective memory, and the possibility of repair. He traces how pain carried across generations shapes lived experience, and how these medicines may open space for safety, presence, and reconnection with the self.

As psychedelic legislation gains momentum across the United States, MAPS released a nonpartisan, values-based Policy Guidebook to support policymakers, advocates, and stakeholders navigating a rapidly evolving landscape.

Learn more: https://maps.org/policy-guide/

During Black History Month we’re reminded that Black history is not only defined by resistance or hardship, but by the ways people have continued to build culture, community, and meaning over time. That building often happens through listening, relationship, and shared responsibility.

Dates are set. Location is confirmed.
Psychedelic Science returns to Denver May 3-7, 2027.

Early Bird registration begins soon.
We’ll share more very soon👀

In today’s Bulletin article, we introduce Fireside Project’s newest offering, TripCheck: a free emotional support service for people in the midst of psychedelic experiences or integrating a previous journey.

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This Black History Month, we’re sharing a moment that asked for honesty.

At Psychedelic Science 2025, Pamela Roundtree, speaking on behalf of the Juneteenth & Black Planning Committee, helped ground the room in present-day realities around harm, exclusion, and access

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“We take data security and participant privacy extremely seriously and have designed recruitment, consent, and data handling protocols with those commitments at the center.” -Jae Sevelius, Ph.D.

Learn more: https://maps.org/couples-therapy-practitioner-study/