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Recent clinical trials, including one soon to be published in Nature Medicine, have suggested that MDMA combined with psychotherapy may help treat post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. The news generated considerable optimism and excitement in the media, and some in the scientific community. As a psychiatrist and an expert in neurobiology and treatment of PTSD, I think these developments may be important – but not the major breakthrough that some people are suggesting. This approach is not a new magic bullet. A combat veteran discusses his experience with PTSD. PTSD, a disorder of emotional memories Post-traumatic stress disorder is a result of exposure to extreme traumatic experiences, such as natural disasters, motor vehicle accidents, assault, robbery, rape, combat and torture. Base...

At Plymouth Crown Court, a judge warned a teenager who had supplied his friends with MDMA that he would likely receive a prison sentence at a sentencing hearing in November. The teen had previously admitted purchasing MDMA from a dark web vendor and giving it to two of his friends. Both friends fatally overdosed on the MDMA later that day. Charlie Gregory, 19, recently admitted supplying two of his friends with MDMA he had purchased for £56 on the dark web. He pleaded guilty to one count of possession of MDMA and four counts of supplying MDMA at Plymouth Crown Court during an October 2018 hearing. The charges stemmed from an event that took place almost one year ago at a Basshunter concert at a Plymouth nightclub called Pryzm. In December 2017, Gregory and seven of his friends traveled fr...

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Beware Of Claims That Ecstasy Is A Magic Bullet – MDMA May Help Treat PTSD

Teen Likely Headed to Prison for Supplying Ecstasy to His Friends