Tripping on Psychedelics for Palestine

Psychedelic Science 2025 is framed through a keynote and broader conference themes tied to conflict, trauma, and psychedelic policy change. The piece situates MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) against the backdrop of MDMA’s shifting regulatory status in the US, describing how industry optimism has been tempered by federal rejection and renewed urgency due to possible global war. It also highlights Rick Doblin’s hope around a project in the West Bank where Palestinian therapists would treat traumatized Palestinians using a psychedelic therapy model delivered out of a hospital in East Jerusalem. Alongside that West Bank initiative, the article mentions parallel or related therapeutic plans across other countries, and positions the next policy step as bringing MDMA into the region while connecting the conference’s work to calls for peace and resistance to war.