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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is allowing soldiers, in an experiment, to take MDMA--a.k.a. ecstasy--to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. South Carolina scientists behind the trial think the feelings of emotional closeness reported by those taking the drug could help the soldiers talk about their experiences to therapists. Michael Mithoefer, a psychiatrist leading the experiment thinks, "people are able to connect more deeply on an emotional level with the fact that they are safe now."
Am I the only one who thinks this is truly and shockingly disturbing? I mean, ecstasy? These folks are suffering from post-traumatic stress because they have been compelled--under false pretenses of "liberation" for others and college tuition for themselves--to destroy an entire country.
Now we're gonna say, "It's OK, boys, take some ecstasy. Yeah – the same stuff you got expelled from high school for taking and thereby ended up getting tracked into military service . . . go ahead, this little pill will help you deal with the fact that these guys are running the show:
Can you feel the love?
Am I the only one who thinks this is truly and shockingly disturbing? I mean, ecstasy? These folks are suffering from post-traumatic stress because they have been compelled--under false pretenses of "liberation" for others and college tuition for themselves--to destroy an entire country.
Now we're gonna say, "It's OK, boys, take some ecstasy. Yeah – the same stuff you got expelled from high school for taking and thereby ended up getting tracked into military service . . . go ahead, this little pill will help you deal with the fact that these guys are running the show:
Can you feel the love?
posted by Contact at 2:09 PM
3 Comments:
NOT cool. But you know, it was MDMA before it was X -- that is, it was used a long time ago in therapy for that very purpose (to loosen up emotional inhibitions and promote emotional expression).
I think that using MDMA for that is lazy, just like I think that most use of drugs is a lazy way to feel better (emotionally).
This in addition to the (well-known!) physical dangers of MDMA use. But hey, the U.S.o'A. obviously doesn't care much about these kids anyway ...
And no, it doesn't cause anyone to drop dead. That's coke. I know, because I have the enzyme deficiency that would have caused me to have nearly immediate and fatal heart failure if I'd ever been stupid enough to do it. MDMA causes damage to the central nervous system when done long-term, though. It ain't something to mess around with.
I think mdma should have never been scheduled as a class 1. if you never taken the drug then you should have no right to a opinion on it. our soldiers get a littile taste of what hell might be. EDUCATED former us army soldier(2000-2007).
some history
Over the next ten months however, the facts about MDMA were heard by Judge Francis Young, who presided over the hearings. After receiving and considering all the evidence admitted during the hearings, Judge Young issued his findings and recommendation on May 22, 1986. In a comprehensive opinion, Judge Young found that MDMA did not meet a single one of the three criteria necessary for placement in Schedule I. Judge Young reported that MDMA had a safe and accepted medical use in the US under medical supervision. Furthermore, he found that the evidence failed to establish that MDMA had a high potential for abuse. Based on his thorough examination of the evidence, Judge Young recommended that MDMA be placed in Schedule III, which would allow doctors to use it in therapy and prescribe it, while still keeping it unavailable to the public at large.
sound like John Lawn had no clue and was a pawn to make the presdient ronald regan gain popularity votes with the drug campiaghn. or he was just paid off to keep it on hte black market
Over the next ten months however, the facts about MDMA were heard by Judge Francis Young, who presided over the hearings. After receiving and considering all the evidence admitted during the hearings, Judge Young issued his findings and recommendation on May 22, 1986. In a comprehensive opinion, Judge Young found that MDMA did not meet a single one of the three criteria necessary for placement in Schedule I. Judge Young reported that MDMA had a safe and accepted medical use in the US under medical supervision. Furthermore, he found that the evidence failed to establish that MDMA had a high potential for abuse. Based on his thorough examination of the evidence, Judge Young recommended that MDMA be placed in Schedule III, which would allow doctors to use it in therapy and prescribe it, while still keeping it unavailable to the public at large.
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