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1 posted on 02/17/2005 7:37:17 PM PST by freedom44
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To: freedom44; nuconvert

bump


2 posted on 02/17/2005 7:40:33 PM PST by F14 Pilot (Democracy is a process not a product)
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To: freedom44

Somehow,for me, this just has "bad idea" written all over it.


3 posted on 02/17/2005 7:43:04 PM PST by proudmilitarymrs (If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English, thank a soldier.)
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To: freedom44

When did our soldiers become ravers?


4 posted on 02/17/2005 7:45:10 PM PST by bahblahbah
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To: freedom44

If I recall correctly MDMA was originally used for this purpose before it was introduced to the clubs, by former therapy patients, and then made a controlled substance.


6 posted on 02/17/2005 7:58:36 PM PST by Roland
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"Several studies in the US are planned or are under way to investigate whether MDMA, LSD and psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, can treat conditions ranging from obsessive compulsive disorder to anxiety in terminal cancer patients."

Somehow I find this statement very doubtful.


8 posted on 02/17/2005 8:02:16 PM PST by Fishing-guy
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To: freedom44

Chemical roto rooter for neuro pathways...


9 posted on 02/17/2005 8:04:35 PM PST by joesnuffy (If GW had been driving....Mary Jo would still be with us...)
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To: freedom44

just as an interesting aside, soldiers who smoked the MJ during Vietnam were found to be less likely to return home with PTSD, while those who didn't smoke were more likely to have it.


10 posted on 02/17/2005 8:09:20 PM PST by max_bshp
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To: freedom44
Several studies in the US are planned or are under way to investigate whether MDMA, LSD and psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, can treat conditions ranging from obsessive compulsive disorder to anxiety in terminal cancer patients.

When was this written? 1965?

LSD to treat anxiety. Yeah, that'll work.

13 posted on 02/17/2005 8:11:48 PM PST by Drew68
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To: freedom44
The US food and drug administration has given the go-ahead for the soldiers to be included in an experiment to see if MDMA, the active ingredient in ecstasy, can treat post-traumatic stress disorder.

There's another four-letter acronym I would try before MDMA, namely EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. I wish I knew if it really works.

22 posted on 02/17/2005 9:51:00 PM PST by AZLiberty ("Insurgence" is futile. You will be eliminated.)
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To: freedom44

If it helps...good for them...do it.


23 posted on 02/17/2005 9:55:01 PM PST by Khurkris (That sound you hear coming from over the horizon...thats me laughing.)
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To: freedom44

I bet the same (or better) effect could be acheived by having the person run a hard 5 miles and then sit down for a session of therapy. Better yet, just keeping running and afterwards take a swim in the ocean and skip the therapy altogether.


26 posted on 02/17/2005 10:38:18 PM PST by Avenger
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29 posted on 02/17/2005 10:52:45 PM PST by freepatriot32 (Jacques Chirac and Kofi Annan, a pantomime horse in which both men are playing the rear end. M.Steyn)
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To: robertpaulsen

what do you think about this one ?


31 posted on 02/17/2005 10:58:21 PM PST by freepatriot32 (Jacques Chirac and Kofi Annan, a pantomime horse in which both men are playing the rear end. M.Steyn)
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To: freedom44
This stuff will not make their problems better.

They will merely be "as drunk as a lord". That by itself is not bad, but getting wasted with a shrink picking their brains? Sheesh.

A few beers with some of their buddies who have been there might be more helpful.

66 posted on 02/18/2005 7:37:07 PM PST by LibKill (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.)
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