The FDA rejected MDMA therapy as a treatment for PTSD, with the advisory committee saying there is not enough evidence it was safe or effective. A setback to the use of psychedelics for the treatment of mental health, NBC News’ Dr. Akshay Syal explains what this decision means for psychedelic therapy in the future.
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#FDA #MDMA #PTSD
no thank you. Mushrooms!
Of course, it helps so why should they 👎
I would never take that disgusting s*it, especially if they allowed it but no thank you.
“But that would require actually taking care of them and not just leaving them to die on the street. We can’t have that. It’s too politically advantageous.”
-the government, probably
Of course they did because they don’t make the rules, big pharma does and that would hurt the bottom line. The FDA is owned by by big food and pharmaceutical companies, they certainly aren’t working for the people. Too bad the American people can’t figure this out, all you have to do is follow the money.
You mean the same FDA that approved the Sackler family opioids that have wrecked millions of peoples lives? That FDA?
You dont want that anyway. Use DMT, 10 min session
Of course they did bc it would actually help! It’s time for the people to take back the country!
It’s not a matter of “enough evidence”, it’s that big pharma won’t make enough money off it.
Stop the Socialist madness, NBC news and their Cabal of deep state operatives seek to undermine and manipulate the American public!!!!
There are all guilty of hiding the truth and assisting in crimes against humanity….
lol but here take these untested vaccines.
Well on the bright side ww3 is close
So, we got that goin’ for us…which is nice. 🤘🏼
People nowadays claim PTSD when they get a flat tire.
MDMA can be very dangerous… lets be honest
Danger of having a nice relaxing evening, with close friends & good music…sure.
Joe Biden will let drug dealers bring fentanyl across the border, but he won’t allow Veterans access to helpful therapeutics?
Yeah lets turn ptsd into schizophrenia 😊
When did MDMA become a “Psychedelic”? The stuff helped me get over childhood trauma, it’s all about set and setting.
This is a lie. Psychedelics are invaluable. The government has been shutting research down since the 50’s so how do you tell them to do more research 😂 this is why people self medicate. I’m not a veteran but I do have PTSD due to a trauma childhood in foster care. Shrooms helped change my life around. I think we all need an ego death lol. But seriously, look for a documentary called how to change your mind. The information is invaluable. It’s what convinced me to finally try it after many options over the years. Shrooms did what years of therapy couldn’t. Don’t let the news, misinformation, fear, or government scared or deter you. Just do research and you’ll see. Look at what they allow in our food that causes cancer but somehow psychedelics are more dangerous 🤔
MDMA still has a high potential for abuse
IF THEY REJECTED IT, IT MEANS IT WORKS, BUT THE PROFIT IS TOO LOW. SO, THEY WONT MAKE IT AFTER ALL.
Huh… I guess one of ‘The Chosen’ pharma giants didn’t come up with it.
Our government hates us.
And loves their corrupt kick-back money.
So what you’re saying is MDMA works, and that’s why they dont want to approve it.
But the government does nothing about fentanyl
So MDMA, shrooms, weed, and even ketamine are always ostracized, but they have zero issue pumping people full of toxic antidepressants, oxy, Xanax, etc. there’s risks for everything… people abuse meds that the FDA IS okay with… there’s meds that cause fast heart rate as well… it just seems anything that’s slightly more natural is something the FDA is against… it’s all about money
The FDA allows cancerous and forever chemicals in food products targeted at children. But draws the line at adults trying to heal their ptsd . Go figure
of course they did.
Something for years that’s documented and proven to help people= DONT APPROVE. Vaccine that’s not even through trials yet and haven’t a clue what the side affects are=JAB IN EVERY ARM OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN!!! Thank you FDA! I trust you about as much as I trust the CIA. 🫶
fda looking for a civil war
All about money.
Bad call by a bunch of idiots that have never been to War
They didn’t worry about data for the covid vaccine though 😂
Now we know it works. Otherwise the FDA wouldnt have been against it.
Making you well costs them a repeat customer.
BINGO
Oh yea but children can pick there gender?😂 how about that data FDA?
Mushrooms help with pain, ptsd, depression, and a number of other issues. Some people even use them for concentration and creative thinking. Very popular in Silicon Valley – but they are natural, so they can’t make a fortune off of them! In microdoses, you don’t even feel any effects. They’ve been studying their positive effects for 70 years, but they are still not legal? While ganja has a number of well-known risks, including brain plaque, but they figured out how to make a huge profit from it – so now it’s legal in most places…
Sad.
And yet the fda approved the jab…
Same stuff NBC executives are taking
Do no harm 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Texas won’t legalize cannabis
Of course why would they want to help people?
When progress threatens the old money, the old money suppresses progress.
Those Blue-Mitsubishi’s from the late 90’s though! 🤌🏼
Sorry everyone they want to crank as much tax $$$ out of anti depressant sales as possible.
THE FDA SUCKS!
Plugg🔌🔌
Their only concern is their pockets
Grow ur own shrooms u can legally obtain everything needed to grow “liones maine”😂
Get rid of the fda
Not very smart that’s why all our veterans are living on the street because they’re mentally ill and they need help but the government rejects the medication that could help them
Stupid
fda allows tobacco products?
fda allows alcohol….billions of gallons consumed, why? because its so good for society?
I was skeptical about MDMA treatment, but if the FDA rejects it, it must be effective. Thanks for the endorsement FDA! I’ll get right on that sweet ride.
Rollin rollin rollin…..
this is ridiculous shame on the fda
But Xanax? Perfectly fine….
FDA is a political, corporate, financial instrument. It’s NOT a public health instrument.
Because it works. I have PTSD from a f’ked up childhood and the FDA AND “Big Pharma” can kiss my 🍑 #selfmedicate
He said “the short answer here is the FDA wants more data”😂 let me correct that for ya…”the short answer here is BIG PHARMA wants more MONEY” Remember weed was schedule one for decades along side heroine
Sounds like dinosaurs steady holding us back in time. Thanks guys. 😌
This is bull!!! The FDA does not want you cured, they would rather you suffer and keep taking medications that don’t help. We have 40 years of proof that it works! Let’s hope the next presidential administration does better.
They enjoy making ppl suffer
Defund the FDA.
I guess I’ll have to just go back to buying my MDMA from high school students.
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Fug this country
There’s more evidence that MDMA is safe and effective than there was evidence that Saddam had WMD.
Meanwhile… thousands suffer, some commit suicide. Of course, if you’re just some guy working at the FDA, what do you care? Just flip through your Rolodex of Trope Phrases:
“What about the children?”
“Out of an abundance of caution.”
“Safety reasons”
“Some say…”
“Due to Police presence”
To see MDMA categorized as a psychedelic is crazy lol. But they do treat PSTD and other personality disorders with ketamine. So why don’t they distribute some w ketamine and some w MDMA to see results if they work better than ketamine, just as same or no effect whatsoever? That’s a good start.
FDA is another joke agency like the ATF and IRS, all worthless but for themselves like a greedy sob
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So what. I can still get it with an easy phone call for cheap.
I don’t need your permission and don’t care about your corrupt laws and agencies.
Big Pharma owns the FDA.
This is a bad move. It shows the corruption and lack of care for the citizens of the country. MDMA helped me from one day to the next. Literally one dose and I was back no normal. Seriously.
Im pretty sure the whole reason they developed mdma was for depression and ptsd like symptoms. Not an expert. But it’s a lot safer than what they’re pushing nowadays
Naturally, now take your Zoloft, Abilify, Lamictal and Ativan
Hallucinogens. What they have hallucinations anyway since their service what? Will make it easier to make it so called snap out if their military or high school days?
They aren’t getting results because the amounts their giving people aren’t equal to the Street dosage. There not giving the patients enough MDMA to show results.
The medical community wants the benefit of the drug without the high, they don’t want people to actually enjoy it.
Legalize cannabis and shrooms on a federal level!
Again, big government making decisions that should be between a patient and their doctor.
FDA is all hype and politics. They don’t consistently have the public’s interest in mind.
What a shame.
Booooo
always the denial when there no patent and it works .,
Big pharma could make it but there’s no money in it because it works too well.
they want a drug that suppresses symptoms but never eliminates the cause . .
SHAME FDA SHAME 👎
FDA is a terrible organization. You can have a covid vaccine but by god lets take another look at these magic mushrooms. Who cares about all the soldiers and veterans with PTSD, or people suffering from addiction and alcoholism…😢
During the 80s in Dallas we called it Adam
Bummer
This guy’s a list it’s commonly known that pizer faked there results and killed 31 million at least with more dying daily you should be jailed you shill
It’s because they demonized it so much they would expose the system. Same with methamphetamine it’s supposedly bad for you * note phenylethlamine derivative of chocolate (oxygenated and hydrogenated) but it can be prescribed to people with weight problems as phentermine. It’s the doctors again. And we wouldn’t want anything that would cut profits for doctors
If an ignorant person drinks too. much Water they might die from it. So we need the FDA to BAn all Water. Big Pharma doesent Care ( no money for them ). so You Will Never Get all these Billions of Dollars of Studies Done . People Will be dead before these Gready Geek Doctors Decide to let Adults Make decisions.
Like the fda “proved ” the vaccines worked and were safe
Ive somehow been able to maintain my sobriety with PTSD but ive been successful with Suboxone…its changed my life for the better,but im still forced to hold ALOT in. A community that openly hates me,as well as the school my kids go to and the things said ABOUT me there by teachers obviously doesn’t give me alot of faith in humans anymore. Kinda why the ptsd is still abundant
Thank You Joe and Kamala
MDMA when used safely is probably the greatest experience a human could go through. Simply amazing.
Since I tried psychedelics for the first time, I’ve been trying to describe the experience to others so they can try it as well, but i couldn’t find the right words to describe it.
Psilocybin flipped the off switch on my social anxiety like a light switch. Its effect lasted long enough that I thought it was permanent. My anxiety and doubts and lack of self worth was gone. Anything that can make you love yourself should be legal.
How do you source yours please?
On
Instagram
dr.butler
shrooms
Lame
Honestly, good, im experienced with psychedelics and mdma, and sure it feels good… but it doesn’t improve your life
The FDA has been corrupted by big Pharma.
Big Pharma and Big Corporations shouldn’t be able to donate any money, and our governments should have more control, so its not killing americans.
Our medicine should be healing us without causing more issues that recess our economy and economic growth.💯
We The People.
People don’t need FDA 🐬🌊
it used to be legal and widely used for ” marriage incounters”.
FDA
How many cases of PTSD do their rocket surgeons and staff have ?
the people should stay sick so the pharmaceutical companies get more profit!
Enhanced spiritual connection many users report feeling a deeper connection to nature, the universe, and themselves.
Exactly, mushroom at the other hand has been a savings grace for me.
I was skeptical at first, but psilocybin mushrooms have been a game-changer for my mental health.
The insights I’ve gained from magic mushrooms have been invaluable. They’ve helped me understand myself and the world in a new way.
y’all talk about the benefits of mushrooms, but no one talks about where to fetch from.
doctor.hayles
I’m a rapper who doesn’t use MDMA.
If the FDA says its not good, it’s probably good!