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Federal health regulators are questioning the safety and evidence behind the first bid to use MDMA, the mind-altering club drug, as a treatment for PTSD, part of a decadeslong effort by advocates to ...

Some call the drug "ecstasy" or "molly." Researchers are calling it a potential tool to help treat loneliness. As public health experts sound the alarm on a rising loneliness epidemic in the United ...

VA launches trial testing MDMA-assisted therapy for veterans with PTSD and alcohol use disorder.

A first-of-a-kind proposal to begin using the mind-altering drug MDMA as a treatment for PTSD was roundly criticized Tuesday—a potentially major setback to psychedelic advocates who hope to win a ...

The use of the active ingredient 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine (MDMA), commonly known as "ecstasy," to support psychotherapy for mental illnesses such as post-traumatic stress disorder is ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 17 (UPI) --The Food and Drug Administration soon may approve the recreational psychedelic drug MDMA -- alongside supportive therapy -- to treat post-traumatic stress disorder after two ...

President Donald Trump aims to fast-track research into psychedelic therapy for conditions like post traumatic stress disorder and depression in a break from his first administration policy. Advocates ...

ALBUQUERQUE – The opioid epidemic continues to impact communities in New Mexico. Many people struggle with drug addiction, including mothers who are battling postpartum depression. But a new study ...

WASHINGTON — Federal health advisers voted Tuesday against a first-of-a-kind proposal to use the mind-altering drug MDMA as a treatment for PTSD, handing a setback to psychedelic advocates who hope to ...