California State Legislator Introduces Bill to Decriminalize Psychedelics

Re:California State Legislator Introduces Bill to Decriminal... by sep_field on Thursday February 18, 2021 @07:35PM (#26187902)

There have been a -lot- [0] of MDMA studies at this point, for PTSD and other issues. In particular a common finding is that the efficacy of MDMA+Therapy 1 year post-treatment is far higher than therapy alone (significant reduction in relapse of symptoms as well as severity of symptoms). I encourage you to look at the variety of studies conducted and their different designs and controls and not base your judgement on a single study (this is good advice for any medical research, not only MDMA, as well).

[0] https://maps.org/research/mdma

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Re:California State Legislator Introduces Bill to Decriminal... by PragmaticPulp on Thursday February 18, 2021 @08:02PM (#26188127)

Yes, and I read them all as they come out, including the MAPS studies. My point still stands: The studies, to date, appear to be structured in ways that primarily explore the potential downsides rather than exploring relative efficacy. Not all of them, of course, but it is a common theme.

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