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USA | FDA rejects MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD in a setback for psychedelic medicine

FDA rejects MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD in a setback for psychedelic medicine

The decision came after the agency's advisory committee said in June that there wasn't enough evidence the therapy was safe or effective.

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These are the same folks who declared Oxycodone was not addictive.
- Nobody said it wasn't addictive. They sell a schedule 2 abuse resistant form which has greater protections against abuse.
  
  This person has no idea what they're talking about.
  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40136881
setback for mdma specifically, psilocybin is still safe and effective for a lot of the same symptoms.
Plus there are still psilocybin ptsd trials going on because psilocybin's so safe.
psychedelic medicine is too effective to ignore.
That's really sad. I listened to this podcast about this researcher pushing for this and it sounded really interesting. It's called the Joy of Why, the episode about spichedelics and mental health.
https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_5340_0ca83d8a-8e60-4f0a-a394-84e99f9097fe&uf=http%3A%2F%2Fjoy.quantamagazine.org
They actually have some really valid reasons for the decision. I don’t support the criminalization of drugs but I agree there needs to be some better research before it’s approved for prescription use.

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