Two psychiatrists in New Zealand can now prescribe MDMA in controlled clinical settings, built on trial results that have been challenged in the US.

  • Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    I think mdma was previously used for marriage guidance amongst other things before it sort of disappeared… then Shulgin repopularised it and it changed an entire generation.

    • triptrapper@lemmy.world
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      18 hours ago

      There’s an episode of the Drug Science Podcast about using MDMA to treat alcoholism. It was a small sample size, but the rate of sobriety at 1yr post-treatment was something like 85%, compared to 15% with treatment-as-usual.