Special Edition: 'Molly' as Medicine? Psychedelics & PTSD
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
3.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2021
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Today we're talking about psychedelic drugs and their potential use as medicine. A new study looked at whether small doses of MDMA, better known by street names like ecstasy and molly, can help treat post-traumatic stress disorder.
Some researchers are calling prescription psychedelics, paired with professional talk therapy, the breakthrough they've been waiting for. We got fascinating insights about the latest study from its lead scientist, Doctor Jennifer Mitchell. She's a neurology professor at UC San Francisco.
But first, we'll hear from Scott Ostrom, a Marine veteran who took part in the study. He says he struggled with PTSD for more than a decade after coming home from Iraq and that the MDMA treatments helped in ways other therapies had not.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Saturday, May 29th. |
| 0:02.0 | Today we're talking about psychedelic drugs |
| 0:04.4 | and their potential use as medicine. |
| 0:06.7 | A new study looked at whether small doses of MDMA, |
| 0:10.1 | better known by street names like ecstasy and molly, |
| 0:12.9 | can help treat post-traumatic stress disorder. |
| 0:15.6 | And PTSD is a big issue here in the United States, |
| 0:18.5 | especially among our armed forces. |
| 0:20.5 | So on this Memorial Day weekend, |
| 0:22.6 | as we remember and honor fallen service members, |
| 0:25.3 | we also wanted to learn more about this potential |
| 0:27.7 | yet unconventional treatment for the troops |
| 0:30.4 | who did make it home and still suffer from PTSD. |
| 0:34.2 | Some researchers are calling prescription psychedelics |
| 0:37.0 | paired with professional talk therapy, |
| 0:39.0 | the breakthrough they've been waiting for. |
| 0:41.4 | We got fascinating insights about the latest study |
| 0:44.0 | from its lead scientist, Dr. Jennifer Mitchell. |
| 0:46.8 | She's a neurology professor at UC San Francisco. |
| 0:49.8 | But first, we'll hear directly from one marine veteran |
| 0:52.8 | who took part in the study. |
| 0:54.1 | Scott Ostrum says he struggled with PTSD |
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