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Well Woman Interview: Natalie Lyla Ginsberg

By Tonya Papanikolov

MAPS is a non-profit research and educational organization based in California that develops medical, legal, and cultural contexts for people to benefit from the careful uses of psychedelics and marijuana. Natalie’s work takes her around the world, from speaking to conservative medical professionals to representing MAPS at the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs where passionate and diverse professionals gather to end the drug war.

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