chillout

A form of modern, relaxed, electronically enhanced lounge music. "Chillout" music is sometimes referred to as acid jazz. It originated in the lounge scenes of major cities such as New York and Paris. First gaining its popularity amongst young, rich, often intellectual urbanites, it has begun to grow in popularity and spread on a wide scale. The genre includes a wide range of electronic interpretations of traditional music types such as jazz, bossanova and easy listening.

The growing popularity of chillout music is slowly widening the influence of lounge scenes across the United States and abroad.

I got the new chillout CD from Sharper Image today!

Hey, you guys want to go to the hookah bar, I hear they're having a chillout night.

M.A.P.S.

The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic studies, a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization. Headed by Richard Doblin of Harvard University, MAPS is the largest fund supporting research into the medical and psychiatric uses of Psychedelics and Marijuana in the world. It is also one of the most powerful lobbying influences in the US on issues concerning the War on Drugs. MAPS is currently supporting many extraordinarily promising research projects some of which include an MDMA project for the treatment of PTSD, an Ibogaine project for the termination of physical addiction to opiates (heroin, pain killers). They also a currently involved in a lawsuit against the DEA in regards to their legal ability to grow their own marijuana for medical research ... in some of the latest news regarding this lawsuit, a large group of Christian churches organized a petition that was sent to the DEA in favor of MAPS's efforts.

I just checked the latest news about M.A.P.S. at their website, www.MAPS.org !!