The first PTSD patients treated with MDMA reported no serious adverse effects. Australia allows the use of the drug, aka ecstasy, as well as some psychedelics, in psychiatric treatment. About 200 people have used it; the number is small because the cost of the associated therapy is high. Patients told The New York Times that the treatment was effective, although skepticism is warranted. Existing studies on psychedelic treatments are small, and, for obvious reasons, subjects can usually tell if they are on the placebo. Also, as one scientist noted, researchers are often enthusiasts for the drugs themselves, a conflict of interest. The psychedelics therapy field was hit by a scandal when researchers sexually assaulted subjects while they were under the drugs’ influence.
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same thing with psylobin in Oregon. Prices are insane for a therapy session.
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“Also, as one scientist noted, researchers are often enthusiasts for the drugs themselves, a conflict of interest. The psychedelics therapy field was hit by a scandal when researchers sexually assaulted subjects while they were under the drugs’ influence.”
I thought the first sentence was bad; then I got to the second. First-sentence-me had no idea how much worse it was about to get.
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The first PTSD patients treated with MDMA reported no serious adverse effects. Australia allows the use of the drug, aka ecstasy, as well as some psychedelics, in psychiatric treatment. About 200 people have used it; the number is small because the cost of the associated therapy is high. Patients told The New York Times that the treatment was effective, although skepticism is warranted. Existing studies on psychedelic treatments are small, and, for obvious reasons, subjects can usually tell if they are on the placebo. Also, as one scientist noted, researchers are often enthusiasts for the drugs themselves, a conflict of interest. The psychedelics therapy field was hit by a scandal when researchers sexually assaulted subjects while they were under the drugs’ influence.
same thing with psylobin in Oregon. Prices are insane for a therapy session.
“Also, as one scientist noted, researchers are often enthusiasts for the drugs themselves, a conflict of interest. The psychedelics therapy field was hit by a scandal when researchers sexually assaulted subjects while they were under the drugs’ influence.”
I thought the first sentence was bad; then I got to the second. First-sentence-me had no idea how much worse it was about to get.