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> Why do I when I take for example mdma, a drug that just makes me feel happy and loved, become a criminal and can go to prison? Not arguing pro war on drugs h
by hh3k0 8y ago
> Why do I when I take for example mdma, a drug that just makes me feel happy and loved, become a criminal and can go to prison?
Not arguing pro war on drugs here, but there's more to mdma:
> Results show that oxytocin creates intergroup bias because oxytocin motivates in-group favoritism and, to a lesser extent, out-group derogation. These findings call into question the view of oxytocin as an indiscriminate “love drug” or “cuddle chemical” and suggest that oxytocin has a role in the emergence of intergroup conflict and violence.
Source:
Oxytocin promotes human ethnocentrism
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/01/06/1015316108 http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/01/06/1015316108