FDA Agrees to New Trials for MDMA as Relief for PTSD Patients

Re:FDA Agrees to New Trials for MDMA as Relief for PTSD Pati... by duaneb on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @08:14PM (#13076226)

While I tend to agree with you, I think the opiate epidemic is salient as an illustration of unintended consequences. Do I think this will lead to addicts? No. Do I think people will get hurt? Most likely; it's not exactly a brisk cup tea in terms of physiological AND psychological effects. Will it get abused? Of course. People abuse sugar.

My point being, there's a line between caution and fear mongering. I think you COULD interpret this as being cautious rather than illustrating an irrational fear.

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Re:FDA Agrees to New Trials for MDMA as Relief for PTSD Pati... by CoryG89 on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @08:43PM (#13076425)

I agree, I don't think the doctor is intentionally fear-mongering. I think this doctor is probably just biased from his own second hand experience with a very, very small and unrepresentative portion of MDMA users. Misguided.

My issue with the doctor's statements is concerning only the potential for abuse/addiction (which is not even worth talking about when compared to opioids). The potential for harm is definitely worth being cautious over.

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