Staying in topic with some recent posts, I found this interesting.

Thursday February 17, 2005 - The Guardian.
Treating agony with ecstasy

Dancefloor drugs dismissed as merely recreational may have medicinal benefits - helping patients to get the most out of therapy. David Adam investigates.

Read full article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feat...1415685,00.html



Thursday February 17, 2005 - The Guardian.
Ecstasy trials for combat stress

American soldiers traumatised by fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan are to be offered the drug ecstasy to help free them of flashbacks and recurring nightmares.

Read full article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/internati...1416055,00.html

nice post, but what does "E" have to do with trance man!

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(and by "E" I mean "X")

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lol

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Originally posted by halo20 nice post, but what does "E" have to do with trance man! (and by "E" I mean "X")

Nothing. Although drug use and trance are certainly not mutually exclusive...

And as I said at the beginning of the post, I'm merely following a recent theme in this forum, and I think these articles have some relevance.

Looking forward to the Web Chat with Psychedelics Researcher Dr. Sasha Shulgin on Feb 22nd.

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=243186

I was just kidding, great post.

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they'll let ya do any sort of research in the UK. i wish that was the case in north american.

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Originally posted by StereoPrincess they'll let ya do any sort of research in the UK. i wish that was the case in north american.

The second article is actually about American soldiers that will be getting MDMA treatment to help free them of flashbacks and recurring nightmares acquired from fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Also MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) has embarked on a $5 million, 5-year Clinical Plan to make MDMA into a prescription medicine for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. The FDA has approved this research!

http://www.maps.org/research/mdma/

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Originally posted by SurrJRS The second article is actually about American soldiers that will be getting MDMA treatment to help free them of flashbacks and recurring nightmares acquired from fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Also MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) has embarked on a $5 million, 5-year Clinical Plan to make MDMA into a prescription medicine for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. The FDA has approved this research! http://www.maps.org/research/mdma/

you would never be able to publish the stuff in the current US tho. the only journals that would accept this would be European ones and no one reads those.

I would really like this and Nature or Science (the two top rated scientific journals in the world).

and even if FDA has approved it, i doubt it will happen. the administration has final say.

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The existing drug-assisted therapy sessions last up to eight hours, during music is played. The patients swallow a capsule containing a placebo or 125mg of MDMA - about the same or a little more than a typical ecstasy tablet.

hee hee, i found this funny.

why play music? make it seem more like a sketchy study.

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Originally posted by StereoPrincess hee hee, i found this funny. why play music? make it seem more like a sketchy study.

Because music and MDMA create a synergy like no other!

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