News from MAPS - 01/08

Maps informed us that Anita Hofmann and Laura Huxley both passed away in December 2007. Both in their nineties, these two courageous women were a huge inspiration to many of us in the psychedelic community. Anita, the wife of Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, administered a glass of milk to him as a possible antidote for the world’s first LSD experience in 1943. Laura, the widow of British novelist Aldous Huxley, administered LSD to him, at his request, as he was dying in 1963. They will both be missed.

In their January 08 update:
1. Seven Major MAPS Supporters Commit Over $340,000 in Much-Needed Year-End Support!
2. IRB Conducts Annual Review of US MDMA/PTSD study: Approved
3. FDA Removes Clinical Hold on MAPS-Sponsored Psilocybin/Melanoma Psychotherapy Study
4. Swiss TV News Story and Article Reports on Approval of LSD Study
5. Albert Hofmann Celebrates his 102nd Birthday on January 11th
6. Laura Huxley Dies of Cancer at the Age of 96
7. NORML Names MAPS Lawsuit Against the DEA as Number 2 in the Top Ten Events That Shaped Marijuana Policy in 2007
8. Positive Article About Medical Marijuana Production Facility in Yediot Ahronot, Israel's Largest Circulated Newspaper, Followed by Several Positive TV News interviews with Ministry of Health officials
9. Mountain Girl Gives MAPS Acid Test Graduation Certificate at Psyche-delicatessan
10. Four new art pieces and a long-awaited book debut in the MAPS Webstore

More at:

www.maps.org/