Also known as molly or ecstasy, MDMA has the potential to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But psychedelic-assisted therapy can only be administered by a trained professional. Without the ...

Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is also known as "ecstasy" because of the ecstatic feelings it produces in those who use it. While many dismiss the drug as a dangerous substance, some scientists ...

For the first time since the 1960s, the Department of Veterans Affairs is studying whether a psychedelic substance is effective for treating mental health conditions -- specifically, post-traumatic ...

Jesse Gould adds 22 dog tags, representing the daily estimated veteran suicides, to a memorial near the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 10, 2024. Gould's nonprofit Heroic Hearts Project advocates ...

A decades-long campaign to legalize MDMA as a mainstream medical treatment will reach a climax as soon as Friday, with the Food and Drug Administration poised to decide whether the psychedelic should ...

MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), known colloquially as Molly and Ecstasy, is a synthetic drug with effects similar to stimulants like methamphetamine. It was first synthesized in 1912 by ...

Federal health regulators on Friday declined to approve the psychedelic drug MDMA as a therapy for PTSD, a major setback for groups seeking a breakthrough decision in favor of using mind-altering ...

When the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declined to approve MDMA-assisted psychotherapy as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) last year, the details of its objections were not ...

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N E W   Y O R K, Aug. 7 -- "I think it makes me feel great, like I love everybody," Hilton Dufont said from his room at the Phoenix House, a New York drug treatment center. It used to be a drug ...