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To: DannyTN
Researchers have gained government approval to test the drug "Ecstasy" as a treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder for the first time since the drug was criminalized in 1985.

[...] In the 1970s, MDMA was used by many psychiatrists to treat the disorder. Some psychiatrists believe the drug can allow victims to have a cathartic moment, releasing their emotional stress over an incident.

Treatment using MDMA stopped as the federal government began to crack down on the drug for its recreational use.

- Associated Press, November 6, 2001
20 posted on 09/12/2003 11:44:09 AM PDT by MrLeRoy (The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
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To: MrLeRoy
I was wondering, do you think heroin and crack should be legal?
21 posted on 09/12/2003 11:50:39 AM PDT by presidio9 (If the rest of the world likes Americans only when we're dying, the rest of the world can go to hell)
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To: MrLeRoy
"In the 1970s, MDMA was used by many psychiatrists to treat the disorder"

LOL...which proves that I was talking about something I know nothing about. I apologize as I extracate my foot from my mouth.

39 posted on 09/12/2003 1:10:00 PM PDT by DannyTN (Note left on my door by a pack of neighborhood dogs.)
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