A white supremacist took MDMA in a scientific study, and then questioned his extreme views. MDMA doesn't have a political agenda but is thought to amplify what is going on in a person's head. The drug ...

Also known as molly or ecstasy, MDMA has the potential to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But psychedelic-assisted therapy can only be administered by a trained professional. Without the ...

Just like shoulder pads and bleached tips, drugs fall in and out of fashion with the scientific and medical establishment. And perhaps none is having such a renaissance moment as MDMA. Whether you ...

Research suggests the therapeutic use of MDMA (ecstasy) may help people living with PTSD, but FDA approval is still pending. MDMA alters brain chemicals and processes related to memory consolidation, ...

Only two drugs are formally approved for post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, and they don’t help everyone. A lack of effective treatment options has led some patients to seek out the psychedelic ...

Since emerging in prominence on the party scene in the 1980s, ecstasy has become a staple of festival and rave culture. But the drug also carries far more risks today than it did back then − and some ...

There's excitement and controversy swirling around the potential use of MDMA for treating post-traumatic stress disorder. On Tuesday, a panel of advisers to the FDA will evaluate the data. MDMA is ...

The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent rejection of midomafetamine (MDMA), along with mental health therapy, for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) came as no surprise.

Inside these vaults lies millions of dollars worth of medicine used in controversial therapies.

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 ...

MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), known colloquially as Molly and Ecstasy, is a synthetic drug with effects similar to stimulants like methamphetamine. It was first synthesized in 1912 by ...