![]() Gary Walter, who was a coroner formally contracted by the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office, said that Gatlin died from LSD toxicity. A medical contractor is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit. It also names the promotor, Do Lab, as the primary defendant. The lawsuit states that Gatlin died of multi-organ failure, hyperthermia, and dehydration. After becoming ill from the alleged drug use, the family believes the festival did not have qualified medical personnel on site to provide her with the help she needed. According to KSBY, Baylee Gatlin attended the Lightning in a Bottle festival in Monterey County which runs from May 23-28 and she was believed to be under the influence of LSD. ![]() We hope that communities will continue to create more comprehensive educational tools and services to avoid preventable deaths, and address the legal and policy barriers that exist to diminish access to these services.The family of a deceased 20-year-old woman is suing the Lightning in a Bottle event promoter after their daughter attended the event, became ill from possible drug use, and failed to receive adequate medical attention last year. MAPS is committed to the evidence-based principles that form the foundation of ethical harm reduction and, through our support of community-based harm reduction efforts, we are specifically committed to providing peer support through challenging psychedelic experiences. Drug checking resources can also help prevent accidental overdose and health consequences from adulterated substances, yet there are still states in the US that criminalize the possession or use of testing kits that could save lives. But research from as far back as 2013 from the National Institute of Health documents that increasing community access to Naloxone can prevent death from overdose. It’s been well documented by the Centers for Disease Control that accidental drug overdoses have now become the leading cause of death in the U.S. This trial must be a reminder that, collectively, we as a global community must continue to support harm reduction services while fighting the policies that inhibit safety for people who use drugs. MAPS recognizes that the result of this trial may now engender a chilling effect for the organizations that offer harm reduction services. Rather than ignoring this fact, we as a community must acknowledge and mitigate the risks by providing harm reduction services: the education, services, and resources that can ease difficult experiences, give people tools to prevent taking adulterated drugs, and prevent overdose. At music festival environments in particular, they may use psychedelics and have challenging experiences. ![]() In the coming days, MAPS will file post-verdict motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and a new trial for not properly instructing the jury that certain testimony should not have been allowed.Įvery day and despite laws against it, millions of people around the world will use drugs. MAPS’ counsel, leadership, and Board of Directors believe there are adequate grounds to appeal the decision. Despite the presence of medical staff who were contracted to address medical emergencies, MAPS has been ordered to pay 25% of the $4 million in damages awarded. The jury found Do Lab and Richard Gottlieb dba RGX Medical collectively hold 75% of the liability in the death 25% of the liability was assigned to MAPS. The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), a nonprofit organization, provided volunteer peer support services but was excluded from the settlement. The defendants, Do Lab and Richard Gottlieb dba RGX Medical, were insured to provide medical services at the festival and separately reached a settlement last year with the plaintiffs. found in favor of the plaintiffs on the issues of medical responsibility and damages related to the death of a 20-year old woman at the 2017 Lightning in a Bottle music festival. On November 30, 2022, the jury in CARLA GATLIN, et al. MAPS Found Liable in Wrongful Death Lawsuit the producer of LiB, RGX Medical, which provided medical services at LiB, and RGX founder Richard Gottlieb. vs Do Lab Inc., stems from a civil lawsuit for wrongful death brought by Gatlin’s family against MAPS, Do Lab, Inc. ![]() The verdict in the case, Carla Gatlin, et al. The Zendo first began offering services at Burning Man in 2012 and expanded to other festivals over the years. It trains volunteers to provide peer support for those having difficult experiences, including challenging encounters with psychedelic substances. The Zendo Project, which is in the process of becoming an independent nonprofit, is a pioneer in harm reduction. Jury in Monterey, California has found the nonprofit Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies partially responsible for the death of 20-year-old Baylee Ybarra Gatlin who died after being cared for by members of the MAPS Zendo Project at the 2017 Lightning in a Bottle (LiB) music festival.
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