MAPS Celebrates 40 Years at a Defining Moment for Psychedelics

April 22, 2026 — Forty years ago, Rick Doblin, Ph.D., incorporated the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in direct response to a federal government decision he believed was both scientifically wrong and morally indefensible. The DEA had placed MDMA in Schedule I, overriding an administrative law judge’s recommendation that it… Continue reading MAPS Celebrates 40 Years at a Defining Moment for Psychedelics