Something interesting I learned in my own personal medical journal is that the most popular treatment for cataplexy is sodium oxybate which is very closely rela

Something interesting I learned in my own personal medical journal is that the most popular treatment for cataplexy is sodium oxybate which is very closely related to GHB (aka Rohypnol). It's well-studied, proven effective and widely prescribed. There's even fights over patents. My point being, that this runs counter to any narrative the illicit street drugs are anathema to traditional research. Doctors and biologists do treat all chemicals as chemicals and will develop treatments based on evidence. The evidence behind MDMA (and hallucinogens and ketamine) is compelling, but historically hasn't been worth elevating above other treatments. In the case of cataplexy, there isn't really any other viable treatment so oxybate immediately became the first choice.