Could MDMA Be Medicine? with Rachel Nuwer

Factually! with Adam Conover

Headgum

Comedy

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

As implausible as it might sound, it's entirely possible that by this time next year, MDMA could be recognized as a medicine eligible for insurance coverage. In a captivating discussion, Adam engages with journalist and author Rachel Nuwer to explore the extraordinary trajectory of MDMA, from its accidental laboratory creation to becoming the quintessential party drug, enduring as the primary target in the War on Drugs, and now potentially heralding a groundbreaking advancement in the field of mental health. Pick up Rachel's book at factuallypod.com/books

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0:00.0	This is a HeadGum podcast.
0:03.0	I don't know the truth.
0:07.0	I don't know the way.
0:10.0	I don't know what to think.
0:13.0	I don't know what to say.
0:16.0	Yeah, but that's okay.
0:19.0	That's okay.
0:22.0	I don't know anything.
0:25.0	Hello and welcome to Factually.
0:27.0	I'm Adam Connover.
0:28.0	Thank you so much for joining me once again as I talked to an incredible expert about all the amazing things that they know that I don't know and that you might not know.
0:36.0	Both of our minds are going to get blown together on this show and we're going to have so much fun doing it.
0:41.0	I want to remind you that if you're listening to this show, go check it out on YouTube.
0:44.0	This episode is available on video.
0:46.0	If you're watching on video, subscribe to us in your favorite podcast player.
0:50.0	This week we're talking about drugs.
0:53.0	I grew up during America's war on drugs and for those of you who weren't around at that time during the 90s, it's difficult to express just how intense that war was.
1:04.0	And like all wars, it came with a massive propaganda campaign.
1:09.0	Illegal drugs were wildly demonized.
1:12.0	In my high school health class, marijuana and psychedelics were portrayed as demonic life destroyers.
1:18.0	We were told horror stories about weed being laced with black tar heroin, about ecstasy burning holes in your brain.
1:26.0	And I specifically remember being told a spooky story about a kid who did LSD and then thought he turned into an orange and that people kept coming up to him and peeling him.
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