participant in an MDMA study
30-year-old participant in an MDMA (Ecstasy) study in Colorado; sexual and physical abuse survivor
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Jennifer (pseudonym)
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FROM Jennifer (pseudonym)
To the Point
A Psychedelic Revival in Modern Medicine The over-use and abuse of LSD, magic mushrooms and other hallucinogens in the counter-cultural sixties led to a federal ban signed by Richard Nixon in 1970. Nobody says it's time to "tune in, turn on and drop out" again, but researchers around the country report that psychedelics have real medical benefits after all.
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