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Could ecstasy be 'penicillin for the soul' of terminally ill patients?

• Business Insider

After receiving DEA and FDA approval, researchers in California are ready to begin a clinical study to test whether the drug, also known as ecstasy or molly, can ease anxiety and depression in people with terminal illnesses such as cancer.

Dr. Philip Wolfson, a psychiatrist and longtime advocate of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy, is currently recruiting 18 people for a research project backed by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic studies (MAPS), according to the San Francisco Chronicle.Wolfson told the newspaper that when MDMA is administered in a safe environment, it can be "transformationally potent."

The trial will involve patients with a life expectancy of at least of nine months or longer, and employ double-blind testing that gives 125 milligram doses of MDMA to some participants and a placebo to others.


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