Big Setback in Psychedelic and Mental Health Research?

Recently an FDA panel rejected MDMA as a safe and effective drug to treat PTSD. This is an unfortunate and somewhat surprising conclusion, given the data that was being observed before this decision. In this video I go over the objections made by the panel, and discuss whether I believe they are justified.

Chapters

0:00 History of Psychedelics
3:28 MDMA Therapy rejected by FDA
3:33 What is MDMA and what does it do?
5:12 Data on MDMA safety and efficacy up to the panel decision
7:19 Panel objection(1) - MDMA might not be physiologically safe
9:57 Panel objection(2) - Too addictive
13:43 My Opinion on Big Pharma
14:02 We desperately need better drugs for PTSD
16:10 Panel objection(3) - Inability to blind study
21:47 Panel objection(4) - Problem with MDMA therapy

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