Despite news generated by a new study authored by Schifano and colleagues, ecstasy is not especially deadly in younger people.

MAPS currently owns approximately 17 grams of MDMA. We are having the supply of MDMA reexamined for quality assurance. The analysis is intended to make sure that the MDMA has not degraded over time. We will be dividing the 17 grams among several new studies that we are starting. We will have to order new MDMA in the near future for future studies.

Our MDMA/PTSD study in Canada is still on hold as we seek affiliation with an institution. Unlike our U.S. Study, which was conducted in the private offices of our principal investigator, Health Canada is requiring that our research be conducted at an institution. This has been a large disappointment for us, and an unforeseen hurdle. We had been under the impression for months that the only remaining item to take care of in order to start the study was obtaining a license to import MDMA from our supplier in Switzerland.

We have paid $6,800 to a Jordanian insurance agency in order to insure our planned MDMA/PTSD study in Jordan. All of the documents for the Jordanian study can be found on this MDMA webpage in the "MDMA/PTSD Jordan Study" section.

The final session in our Swiss MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) took place on Friday, January 8, 2010. The twelfth and final subject received MDMA in the stage two open label portion of the trial, which means that he had previously received a placebo dose. Two months from this last session will be the final data gathering point in this study. One year from now will be the final date point in the long-term follow of this research.

We are pleased to report that just like our U.S. pilot study there was an excellent safety record.  There is no evidence of any harm caused to any of the subjects by administering research grade MDMA in a therapeutic setting. Preliminary data analysis suggests that the research will have statistically significant results in reduction of PTSD symptoms in the subject population.