Can MDMA Therapy Ease the World’s Traumas? Critics Aren’t Sure.

August 23, 2023

(Undark) – This month, Chernoloz and her colleagues organized an education session for 20 Ukrainian therapists to learn about MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD from the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, or MAPS, one of the most influential organizations dedicated to education and promotion of psychedelic drugs.  Chernoloz’s initiative is part of a larger, more ambitious project. More than a dozen countries currently facing war, or with a history of violence and discrimination, have similar ongoing initiatives led by MAPS, among them Afghanistan, Iraq, Rwanda, Somaliland (an unrecognized state), and South Africa, and Rick Doblin, president and founder of MAPS, calls these “humanitarian projects.”  (Read More)