Suicidal Vet Calls MDMA Treatment ‘a Miracle'

Re:Suicidal Vet Calls MDMA Treatment ‘a Miracle' by senorjazz on Thursday August 16, 2018 @12:09PM (#17775875)

so you comparing long term heavy alcohol use, vs minimal MDMA use during youth.

Not really comparable. Would be comparing someone who has used MDMA 1-2 a week for 20 years against someone who had a couple of beers a week in college then stopped.

Heavy prolonged use / abuse of MDMA is damaging. Same with any drug

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Re:Suicidal Vet Calls MDMA Treatment ‘a Miracle' by Nursie on Thursday August 16, 2018 @02:08PM (#17777125)

> so you comparing long term heavy alcohol use, vs minimal MDMA use during youth.

Which are real-world, observable patterns. I'm not sure why we should ignore that?

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Re:Suicidal Vet Calls MDMA Treatment ‘a Miracle' by tpm on Thursday August 16, 2018 @12:18PM (#17775946)

Well exactly, what would be a good comparison here? Why mention heavy long-term abuse of MDMA (which is I think very unusual compared to heavy abuse of alcohol) in an article about MDMA treatment? The MAPS PTSD protocol involves, if I remember correctly, in all cases under 20 doses of MDMA in the whole life, mostly much less.

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