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Posted by jay on January 2, 2003, at 19:55:55
This is a bit old...but...Despite all of the rhetoric about the 'dangers' of ANY MDMA (Ecstasy) use, it has gotten FDA approval in a study for treating PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) along with psychotherapy. See story at:
http://www.maps.org/research/mdmaplan.html Look, I just want us to be able to take a major bite out of mental illness, so please, no lectures on how 'bad' "illegal" drugs are. Besides, Canada is slowly moving in the direction of legalizing marijuana, and the Canadian Senate, this past September, endorsed this view in their 'Study On Illegal Drugs'.I understand there MAY be dangers with Ecstasy use, but am hard pressed to find VERY STRONG evidence that it's use is ALWAYS damaging. I also think controlled Morphine prescriptions has uses in psychiatry. No, I am not Timothy Leary, and am not exactly looking for a 'Brave New World', but why deny the fact that many 'illegal' drugs (especially when controlled and consistently manufactured without contaminents) could be a major step forward in treating mental illness.
Pstims are sold at a large rate in the 'black market', but also have an excellent role to play in the field of psychiatry. With proper care and guidance, 'pure' versions of street drugs may turn out to be the best psychiatry can offer. It also may take a bite out of one of the most abused, dangerous and current legal drugs: alcohol.
Posted by psybintea on January 2, 2003, at 22:27:21
In reply to MDMA + Psychotherapy for PTSD...actual FDA Study!, posted by jay on January 2, 2003, at 19:55:55
there's no such thing as good or bad drugs. the relationship people have with drugs can be either.
i would also like to add that the worst drugs i've ever seen are "legal" ones. Alcohol and tobacco are infinity worse than heroin and cocaine
Posted by Noelle on January 2, 2003, at 23:27:58
In reply to Re: MDMA + Psychotherapy for PTSD...actual FDA Study!, posted by psybintea on January 2, 2003, at 22:27:21
I'm also under the opinion that it is the fact that illegal drugs cannot be controlled. Because they are in fact "illegal" can sometimes be the nature of the beast. Presciption drugs are pharmaceutically pure whereas illegal drugs can have who know what added to them
Posted by psybintea on January 3, 2003, at 2:27:31
In reply to Re: MDMA + Psychotherapy for PTSD...actual FDA Study!, posted by Noelle on January 2, 2003, at 23:27:58
marijuana is an "illegal drug" and i think nobody would argue that what it contains is unknown, as you put it. Also, alcohol is "pharmaceutically pure" and it will kill you... it's also "legal." I would also like to add that prescription drugs kill more people per year than all illegal drugs put together. ignorance is the nature of the beast, my dear.
Posted by syringachalet on January 3, 2003, at 12:03:57
In reply to MDMA + Psychotherapy for PTSD...actual FDA Study!, posted by jay on January 2, 2003, at 19:55:55
Hey, jay...
I read some of these article about MDMA and
I think that its is VERY INTERESTING.....I am not one to promote 'illegal drugs"
either but I think that there are no bad
drugs; just some that have been altered
by people who changed them to need what
they wanted from the drug, thus making them dangerous and illegal.Personally, I think that the U.S. governemnt
should legalize pot and these other types
of drugs. They should regulate, tax and montior
them as closely as they would a nuclear weapon.
The government should see that these drugs are available in controlled environments for the people that medically need them.
Also there should severe punishment for
offenders who would deprive these people of
these special drugs.Drugs are just tools.. what we do with them
is up to us!!syringachalet
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