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Only if you know a willing therapist.
by bdamm 9y ago
Only if you know a willing therapist.
- cnp 9y agoAnd that therapist has access to 100% _pure_ (and unfortunately illegal) MDMA. This is one of the great tragedies of the war on drugs: UN member states are bound to the convention under law, so until this unjust (and unscientific) barrier is torn down it will always be dangerous and difficult to acquire for therapeutic purposes. But things, thankfully, are changing for the better.
- benevol 9y agoIt's the powers that be (money; pharmaceutical industry) who want these substances to remain criminalized, because these substances can be way more powerful and much cheaper than anti-depressants & Co. - and without destructive side-effects. So what MDMA, LSD, psilocybin and others can do is make people much healthier and the industry a tiny bit less rich, which is only in "the people's" interest.
- komaromy 9y ago> and without destructive side-effects You can mess up your serotonin levels for an extended period of time through MDMA abuse. I guess that might be a direct effect rather than a side effect, but that doesn't seem to be your point.
- phkahler 9y ago>> You can mess up your serotonin levels for an extended period of time through MDMA abuse. You can do that with SSRIs too. You can also kill yourself with opioids. The problem is that MDMA isn't even available by prescription. The first I heard of it was on a TV special covering its use in therapy sessions - that was in the 1980s prior to the whole ecstasy fad. Why is this useful substance totally illegal, while much more harmful and addictive things are legal, available, and causing problems?
- tosstossy 9y agoAbuse also causes be neurological damage from oxidative stress, in the raver scene sufferers of these effects are referred to as e-tards. But abuse of anything can be harmful, that's kind of a defining qualification of the whole concept of abuse, isn't it?
- yesbabyyes 9y agoThanks bdamm. Yes, in particular, I am looking for pointers to that, I suppose. Perhaps, somewhere there is one and we could travel there.
- pizza 9y agoI don't have any references for you but this interview with a psychiatrist who would use MDMA with his patients (and LSD) when he deemed it beneficial is interesting.
- yesbabyyes 9y agoThanks pizza - you seem to lack the "forgot to post link"-extension ;) No, really, I am interested. Please share. Thanks.
- benevol 9y agoHere you go: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ppxx97/meet-the-only-doctor-legally-allowed-to-use-lsd-on-his-patients-111 https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ppxx97/meet-the-only-doct... Switzerland rocks in many ways.
- pizza 9y agoWooooops https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0ZvZAG_XRg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0ZvZAG_XRg
- Toast_25 9y agoIf you decide to attempt the process in a place where you can't be guaranteed 100% pure MDMA, I suggest you look into Marquis reagents.