US Authorities Reconsider Ecstasy

Crime victims suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder are to be given MDMA (ecstasy) as part of a new study on the potential medical benefits of E.

The controversial new experiment has just been approved by America's powerful FDA (Food & Drug Administration) after a 20 year period in which MDMA's illegality made it taboo for scientific research, despite its previous history as a wonder drug for psychotherapy.

The new study is a vindication of sorts for the world's foremost ecstasy expert Dr Alexander Shulgin, who complained bitterly about MDMA's research pariah status in his seminal pharmacology book TIHKAL (published in 1997.)

"The fact remains that MDMA has proven extraordinarily effective in many clinical applications and therapeutic interventions," said Dr Shulgin.

"Here is a drug that has the unusual property of, more often than not, freeing a patient in psychotherapy from the anxiety and lack of trust that often prevents the emotionally fragile person from expressing his feelings to another. And, as been attested to by many therapists and patients, MDMA allows a personal perspective, which is called 'insight' with a minimum amount of fear and self-censoring. All this without loss of self-control or rationality."

Tests on 20 crime victims are due to begin as early as January, subject to DEA licensing of the MDMA required for the experiment.
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