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Originally Posted by taco.vidal
Please post links to your support. Peer reviewed research would be best.
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MDMA's value as a therapeutic drug is not exactly known. It started out as a therapeutic drug, but become popular as a party drug, which greatly restricted further research. It's therapeutic value is recently being re-evaluated, with an emphasis on PTSD, but the nature of the medical community is such that you need decades of research to say anything with real certainty. Initial reports seem positive, but the research has a ways to go. I'm not exactly sure what you're looking for, but here are some supporting links:
http://mdmaptsd.org/
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/techn...9135/?page=all
I'd guess that the drugs therapeutic value is being re-evaluated due to the growing acceptance of 'better living through chemistry' in western culture, as well as the numerous positive personal anecdotes the drug has received, such as my own:
A few years ago, I had some emergency intestinal surgery which had a profoundly negative impact on my life: my health plummeted (at one point I weighed 130 lb @ 6'2); I had to drop out of grad school; I was in constant agony for months; I was dependent on others for my well-being; I felt incredibly alienated as i found my condition to be deeply humiliating and kept to myself as much as possible. This lasted for roughly a year.
A few months after my final surgery I went to a music festival and did MDMA for the first time. I largely did this because I was desperate to get out of my own head and trusted the people I was with. I felt the crippling anxiety I had been carrying for a year slide right off me, like it was never there in the first place. I shared my experiences with others who were in a similar state and felt reassured. I was reminded that life isn't just toil and misery, that the world is filled with endless wonder, beauty and joy. I found a part of myself that I really like and felt more appreciative of the things I had. I felt like I had achieved years worth of therapy in a single night, and holy ####balls was it ever a good time.