Military veterans have spent years lobbying for the use of psychedelic drugs to treat PTSD, but a sharply critical review of the club drug MDMA has put the therapy's approval in doubt.
Military veterans have spent years lobbying for the use of psychedelic drugs to treat PTSD and other hard-to-treat mental health conditions. But a sharply critical review of the club drug MDMA has put the drug’s approval in doubt. Casey Tylek, a U.S. Army veteran, stands for a portrait at his home in Leominster, Mass., on July 13, 2024. Tylek credits MDMA-assisted therapy with resolving anger, anxiety and trauma stemming from a rocket attack in in Iraq. Casey Tylek, a U.S.
Tylek says he was “pessimistic” going into the trial, but credits MDMA-assisted therapy with resolving anger, anxiety and trauma stemming from a rocket attack in Iraq. Jon Lubecky, who served in both the Marines and the Army, says he tried to kill himself five times after returning from deployment to Iraq in 2006. After years of struggling with PTSD he enrolled in a MAPS trial in 2014. He credits MDMA-assisted therapy with curing his condition.
Lubecky’s work helped secure $20 million in funding for the VA to conduct its own studies of psychedelics, including MDMA and ketamine.
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