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Getting High for Science
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| JohnSmith |
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/...start.html?pg=9
Ecstasy isn't just for fun anymore. This rave fave
is one of several illegal substances now being
tested for legit medicinal purposes. A research
explosion in neuroscience has led the FDA to
loosen its grip on MDMA and other recreational
drugs. So, even as the Feds spend $20 billion a
year on the drug war, scientists in the US and
abroad have begun studying the potential benefits
of X, marijuana, and psychedelic mushrooms. Here's
a look at the whys behind the highs.
Ecstasy
The DEA doesn't like it, but South Carolina
psychiatrist Michael Mithoefer got FDA approval
for the first double-blind study on the effect of
MDMA on people suffering from post-traumatic
stress disorder. Victims of violent crimes will
get ecstasy combined with heavy therapy. The DEA
has also touted research suggesting that MDMA
causes Parkinson's disease, but a recent study out
of the University of Manchester showed that the
drug reduces tremors.
Psychedelic mushrooms
For years, anecdotal reports pointed to the
salutary effects of psilocybin on people with
obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now Francisco
Moreno, a psychiatrist at the University of
Arizona at Tucson, is conducting the first FDA-
approved psilocybin study in more than 25 years.
Moreno hopes to replicate the anecdotes in the
lab. Also, the FDA recently green-lighted a UCLA
study of the effects of psilocybin on chronic
anxiety and depression in end-stage cancer
patients.
Marijuana
Researchers at UC San Francisco recently finished
a first-of-its-kind study on the safety of
marijuana use among HIV-positive subjects. No ill
effects were found. Now they're ready to test
whether weed combats multiple sclerosis as well as
the wasting syndrome that afflicts AIDS patients.
Meanwhile, UC San Diego doctors will evaluate how
effective marijuana is in alleviating the
suffering of late-stage cancer patients.
- Steven Kotler |
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| {b.s.e.} |
i'm think i'm coming down with post-traumatic
stress disorder symptoms/obsessive-compulsive disorder/Parkinson's disease/late-stage cancer symptoms...:thepirate |
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| butterfly |
| too bad this will never go anywhere... |
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| Renegade |
I just want to know how the you can apply to get a job as one of these "subjects". :-/
"Free ecstacy, marijuana and halucinogenics to participate in a slightly bull scientific study? Gee, tough call man....." :rolleyes: |
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| Lost Inhibition |
| it doesnt hurt to dream yah know.:tongue2 |
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| shawn2331 |
| it seems like extasy would be imposable to test like that because there are so many different kinds of extasy. |
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| ascension |
| quote: | Originally posted by shawn2331
it seems like extasy would be imposable to test like that because there are so many different kinds of extasy. |
well for the purists "ecstasy" is just the one compound - MDMA
although i'd agree alot of the so called pills you'd find out there contain lotso different stuff in em
MDMA actually started out in the 1980's being used by psychotherapists as an aid for therapy, but i dont think they ever conducted any trials to support its use, so it'll be interesting to see the results of this |
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| mos man |
| actually one of its first appearences was in the 1950's in america where it was used to treat broken marriages obvioulsy due to it making people happy, it was later wthdrawn and made illegal. |
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| Noree |
| Ecstasy has been around for a while, almost 100 years. |
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| djSlain |
| as much as i oppose drugs, i say there has been a lot of new data showing positive sides of X and weed. It's promising, i've also heard that ecstasy has done a lot for people with parkinsons, most well known to be with Michael J Fox. I'm all up for treatment with drugs, but i still oppose free drug use for non-medical reasons. Kind of like all those downers and uppers. make sure they are in use to help others, and not to trip out and run over babies with |
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| Dmatrox |
| quote: | Originally posted by butterfly
too bad this will never go anywhere... |
I agree. Its all about E=good, E=bad, too much contradition by differing "evidence" |
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| Shook1 |
I honestly dont agree w/ legalizing MDMA and/or shrooms....but weed on the other hand....
...its never killed any1! I guess its just the immature litte kids that wanna imitate their favorite (fake as hell) rappers that ruin things for the rest of us. More and more kids these days are too exposed to the whole hiphop thing which has totally thrown kids off-course and guided them in another direction (one in which I dont know).....but thats a diff story. |
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