Psychedelics Get New Medical Respect
Psychedelics Get New Medical Respect
Research at Emory University shows particular promise for the use of MDMA, a popular illegal recreational drug, to help cure PTSD.
By Bob Bahr
June 29, 2021, 8:21 pm
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MDMA is on a fast track for FDA approval as a treatment for PTSD.
After decades as a much-abused, illegal party drug known as ecstasy or molly, the psychedelic pharmaceutical MDMA may be coming into its own as an accepted treatment for psychological trauma.
In early May, in what is believed to be the first such published study of a phase III clinical trial, the drug methylenedioxymethamphetamine was found to be highly effective in treating posttraumatic stress disorder or PTSD. The results of the research appeared in the journal Nature Medicine.