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MDMA granted “breakthrough therapy” status by FDA to treat PTSD
- arikr 9y agoI've written similar things before, and it applies here too: To the extent that anyone on HN knows an active philanthropist looking for potentially highly impactful but severely underfunded causes - send them this article. I believe there's a case that funding MDMA research has very high dollar/impact returns - or at least that it's likely enough that it's worth a thorough exploration. It sounds like they still need to raise about $12 million, which is shockingly small compared to the ~$1.5bn/yr NIMH budget - and all of it will come from private philanthropists, as governments aren't yet willing to fund the work and for-profit companies don't see much profit yet due to the lack of patentability. If you're on HN and this is the first you're hearing about this research, some resources: - A short video excerpt from a documentary on MDMA therapy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9iKx2MKS70 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9iKx2MKS70 - NY Times article - https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/us/ptsd-mdma-ecstasy.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/us/ptsd-mdma-ecstasy.html