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I’m curious how this law might be leveraged for PTSD and other mental health folks access to MDMA and other psychedelics. Would this allow for access to schedu

by ada1981 8y ago

I’m curious how this law might be leveraged for PTSD and other mental health folks access to MDMA and other psychedelics. Would this allow for access to scheduled substances? Could this law be useful in that regard?

narag 8y ago
Only if they can charge $300,000 for the privilege. Anyway it seems that the drug must have passed a first phase of testing. Are illegal drugs allowed to be tested to begin with? I don't think so. Most disgusting news I've read this year.
- ada1981 8y ago
  MDMA is in Phase III clinical trials for PTSD and showing very promising results. It was given a special designation by the FDA as a breakthrough treatment to speed up the process. Previous trials with the VA found 86% of soldiers with PTSD no longer had it after a couple sessions. So, in this case illegal drugs are. It’s the only way they would ever get unscheduled, as schedule 1 means no known medical use.
  - narag 8y ago
    That's interesting, but wasn't MDMA a prescription drug before it became popular as a recreational drug? I mean, not the only drug that's legal if prescribed by a doctor and illegal otherwise, like morphine etc.
    - ada1981 8y ago
      MDMA was not a prescription, it just wasn’t a scheduled compound. It was originally used by therapists however before it spread into the mainstream and then it was scheduled despite the recommendation that it be scheduled to allow for medical use. There was a study cited where they accidentally used Meth vs MDMA as evidence to schedule it and then after it came out the study made a mistake, the legislation still stood. But keep in mind that most other drugs were used medicinally before they were scheduled. Cocaine, Pot, LSD, Mushrooms, etc were all legal before they were illegal. The war on drugs is a relatively new obsession.

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I’m curious how this law might be leveraged for PTSD and other mental health folks access to MDMA and other psychedelics. Would this allow for access to schedu

by ada1981 8y ago

narag 8y ago
Only if they can charge $300,000 for the privilege. Anyway it seems that the drug must have passed a first phase of testing. Are illegal drugs allowed to be tested to begin with? I don't think so. Most disgusting news I've read this year.
- ada1981 8y ago
  MDMA is in Phase III clinical trials for PTSD and showing very promising results. It was given a special designation by the FDA as a breakthrough treatment to speed up the process. Previous trials with the VA found 86% of soldiers with PTSD no longer had it after a couple sessions. So, in this case illegal drugs are. It’s the only way they would ever get unscheduled, as schedule 1 means no known medical use.
  - narag 8y ago
    That's interesting, but wasn't MDMA a prescription drug before it became popular as a recreational drug? I mean, not the only drug that's legal if prescribed by a doctor and illegal otherwise, like morphine etc.
    - ada1981 8y ago
      MDMA was not a prescription, it just wasn’t a scheduled compound. It was originally used by therapists however before it spread into the mainstream and then it was scheduled despite the recommendation that it be scheduled to allow for medical use. There was a study cited where they accidentally used Meth vs MDMA as evidence to schedule it and then after it came out the study made a mistake, the legislation still stood. But keep in mind that most other drugs were used medicinally before they were scheduled. Cocaine, Pot, LSD, Mushrooms, etc were all legal before they were illegal. The war on drugs is a relatively new obsession.