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The Peace Drug (MDMA)

Posted on December 02, 2007

The Washington Post recently ran a story on a researcher looking at ecstasy as a treatment for PTSD:THE CAPSULES RESIDE IN A SAFE, armed with an alarm and bolted to the floor of Mithoefer's office, a 1950s-vintage cottage on the road between downtown Charleston and Sullivans Island. It's been tastefully remodeled to create a softly lit, high-ceilinged sanctuary in the back, scattered with art and furnished with, among other things, the ever-so-slightly inclined futon where Donna got crooked.The elaborate security is occasioned by what is inside the capsules: MDMA, a synthetic compound that is ...

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