Sarko Gergerian is a lieutenant and psychotherapist in the Winthrop, Massachusetts Police Department and recently trained to become an MDMA-assisted psychotherapist through the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). As part of this training, he participated in MAPS' Phase II MDMA trials where he experienced MDMA himself. Lt. Gergerian is a founding member of the Community and Law Enforcement Assisted Recovery Program (CLEAR) in Winthrop, a speaker with LEAP (Law Enforcement Action Partnership), and an outspoken critic of the drug war.