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Ecstasy drug a potential PTSD treatment

You shouldn't discuss your prescriptions on an open channel.
Anthony Anderson Abc GIF by HULU
 
Remember also that often a drug is found not to address the condition it was thought it would, but then gets researched further based on side effects. Neither Minoxidyl or Viagra were originally created to promote hair growth or erections.
I am not disagreeing - but due to the history of Psychedelic drug research - I am wary.
 
Such research happens all the time. Search of: mdma - List Results - ClinicalTrials.gov or Search of: PTSD | Canada - List Results - ClinicalTrials.gov

However, why doesn't the CAF/DND have such a "research centre"? Because the CAF is actually small potatoes, in terms of number of patients (potential patients) and the number of clinicians available to do dedicated research, though I'm sure some have been involved in clinical trials.

And though we have a "CBRN research centre" (I assume you're referring to Suffield), its focus is on defence and mitigation of NBC threats (oops sorry, my abbreviation is as dated as my involvement in trials there) and not with weapons development. And while I would not suggest that some chemical or biological substances that could be used as weapon precursors are not kept there, their use would be limited and does not extend to being tested on humans.
I was referring to the GoC as a whole, not just the CaF, but that's my fault for not specifying
 
I'm always a cynic when it comes to experimenting with drugs.
Often the $ is looking for Advancements in performance - and not as concerned with treatment.

I am curious who is funding a lot of the studies - as relief of Veteran PTSD seems to be a small peanuts reward, as opposed to what else might be the primary focus of research -- again see MK Ultra.
I think a big supporter of some of this research is the psychologists/therapists trying to treat the hundreds of thousands of US vets, but also really helpful for anyone with PTSD (first responders, rape survivors, refugees fleeing war zones etc).

You are mixing drug effects though; MDMA doesn't cause hallucinations but is used here as part of the therapy to basically be able to relive/work through trauma without having the crippling fear/anxiety, with really strict controls on dosages etc. If you can appreciate the hoops they have to jump through to get DEA approval you probably get the idea how closely monitored that is, and the results are published with peer review. Lots of really legitimate scholarly articles on the results showing the approach is highly effective.

Huge difference from a bunch of MIB dosing people up to the gills and messing with their mind in basements, with the results getting buried in a deep secret vault, or people mixing something up in a caravan and selling it in an alley. They also aren't prescribing it to people to use daily or anything.

No one bats an eye at the stunning kinds of pharmaceuticals that you can get to manage pain/anxiety, so not really sure why something that is part of a really effective therapy treatment to help fix the problem is a concern.
 
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