MAPS — Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
Founded: 1986
Founder: Rick Doblin, PhD
Headquarters: San Jose, California
Website: https://maps.org
Category: Science & Research
About the Channel
MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) is the science and research authority of the psychedelic movement, founded by Rick Doblin in 1986. The MAPS YouTube channel is where the organization's 40+ years of research advocacy reaches a public audience — recordings of MAPS Psychedelic Science conferences, clinical trial result presentations, scientific panels, and interviews with the researchers running the most consequential psychedelic studies in the world. For anyone tracking the science of psychedelic-assisted therapy at the level of trial design, FDA process, and peer-reviewed methodology, MAPS is the primary source. Coverage includes MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD, the path to and rejection of FDA approval for MDMA, ongoing psilocybin research, ibogaine for addiction, and harm reduction infrastructure like the Zendo Project.
Editorial Context
MAPS is the institutional memory of the modern psychedelic movement. When you watch their content, you are watching the only nonprofit that has carried psychedelic clinical research from the 1986 prohibition era through every regulatory landscape change to today's near-FDA-approval reality. Their conference talks are denser and more technical than what mainstream YouTube psychedelic channels offer — the audience is researchers, clinicians, and serious advocates. If you want the science behind the science, this is where to go.
Key Topics
- MDMA-PTSD trials
- FDA regulatory process
- veteran access
- harm reduction (Zendo Project)
- Rick Doblin commentary