Oprah's On Board to Treat PTSD with MDMA!

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Monday March 21, 2011 · 4:50 PM PDT

2011/03/21 · 16:50

This is huge. Oprah is on board for MDMA! In the March edition of O Magazine, there's an in-depth article about how the drug MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy, can help treat PTSD. In the first clinical trial of its kind, seventeen out of twenty patients no longer met the diagnostic criteria for PTSD after 2 or 3 psychotherapy sessions with MDMA.

If this subject sounds interesting to you, go ahead and read the full article - "Can A Single Pill Change Your Life?". It's hands-down the best written piece on the subject yet. Also, the author-- who was initially skeptical and not mentally ill-- took a dose as an experiment and it had a beneficial impact on her life. The description of her trip is very interesting as well. From somebody who has been interested in this issue for a long time, this is a big deal :) This is a great sign.

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Sunday July 11, 2010 · 2:37 PM PDT

2010/07/11 · 14:37

** Thanks for the Diary Rescue mem from somerville!***

A few weeks ago, DailyKos superstar Meteor Blades posted a diary encouraging everyone to share their personal stories. Tell us what you're doing, he said. That diary was a reminder to me that we need to keep working for change, especially when it seems like no progress is being made, and that we need to let others know, because together we are stronger as a community than as individuals. So in response to Meteor Blades and all the other diarists here whose work I admire, here is what I'm doing. I am working on a low-cost novel treatment for PTSD & mental health disorders using medicinal MDMA - the drug known as ecstasy.

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Friday April 10, 2009 · 10:57 AM PDT

2009/04/10 · 10:57

Recently, there's been a lot of discussion about President Obama's decision to continue warrantless wiretapping of citizen communications. With a new administration that campaigned on a promise of renewing civil liberties, restoring openness and transparency in government, many Americans are calling for Obama to throw out this Bush policy along with the evils of torture and rendition. It's a powerful and fascinating topic, because the issues involved are ethical, ideological, and very personal. But I want to make the case that publicly opening our communications will give us more civil liberty than privacy can.

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