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New Study Uses MDMA To Treat Social Anxiety In Autistic People – Can Psychedelics Find A Place In Modern Medicine?
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 2:44
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by Jeff Roberts
Collective Evolution
For decades, the empathogenic drug known as MDMA, or 3,4-Methylenedioxy-N-methamphetamine, has been a subject often associated with the early 2000′s rave culture, far extended from association with therapy and other medicinal applications. Unfortunately, being that MDMA is a heavily controlled drug in many countries, proper research for therapeutic applications has been extremely limited, until recently.
MAPS (The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) broke news this year of the preliminary steps of a ground-breaking new study which is looking at treating autistic patients who suffer from social anxiety with MDMA.
Source: http://www.riseearth.com/2014/09/new-study-uses-mdma-to-treat-social.html
