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Final Phase of MDMA Clinical Trials Shows Drug Is 90% Effective at Treating PTSD

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A first-of-its-kind Phase 3 clinical trial has found that MDMA-assisted therapy provided meaningful relief from PTSD symptoms in nearly 90 percent of study participants. The subjects had been experiencing PTSD symptoms for an average of 14 years, and 84 percent had a history of developmental trauma. Image via.

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DEA Faces Lawsuit For Denying End of Life Patients the Right to Try Psychedelics Therapy

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Plant medicines and concoctions made from them have been utilized throughout the history of cultures around the world. In the last 100 years, many of the plant therapies that were embraced in history were outlawed by governments around the world and replaced by lab-made synthetic drugs we label medicine. Patients Are Not In This Alone.

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DMT Therapy: Coming to a Clinic Near You?

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So according to the DEA, its abuse potential is high and it has no medical use. Also, according to the DEA, “the history of human experience probably goes back several hundred years since DMT usage is associated with a number of religious practices and rituals.” MDMA (Ecstasy) Nears FDA Approval for PTSD Treatment.

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MAPS Is 36 Years Old – Doblin Provides Precis Timeline of the Organization

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This year, we are completing the second Phase 3 clinical trial of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD , the final stage prior to requesting FDA approval for a new prescription treatment to help heal trauma. To celebrate this, we invite you to take a trip down memory lane and review highlights from every year of our history.

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MAPS Organization Granted $12.9 Million to Study Cannabis and PTSD •

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Suicide among veterans is an urgent public health crisis, but it’s solvable if we invest in researching new treatments for pain, depression, and PTSD,” said Sisley in a press statement. MAPS Makes History. Results of this study showed evidence of the pros and cons to cannabis as a treatment for PTSD patients.

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New Frontiers in the Law of Psychedelics

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Not only are more and more jurisdictions decriminalizing the use of psychedelics for recreational purposes, but it appears that psychedelic substances are the new horizon for the treatment of severe psychological disorders and other ailments. Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”). Id ; 21 CFR 312.1-10; 10; 312.80-88; 88; 312.300 et seq.

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Harvard Law Review: Patents on Psychedelics: The Next Legal Battlefront of Drug Development

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Clinical trials are producing promising results, creating enthusiasm for commercializing and patenting psychedelics. Patents on psychedelics raise unique concerns associated with their unusual qualities, history, and regulation. Mitchell et al., Divito & Robert F. Psychiatry May Never Be the Same , N.Y. TIMES (Nov.