It’s known that MDMA can help pull people back from a mental health brink or find peace with past trauma, grief and many other issues, member Jane Hu writes. Nowadays science has taken to discover a new potential with many classic psychedelics and psychoactive drugs, not just for mental health but also to treat physical ailments. Pharmaceutical companies have jumped on the research as well, vying to create the next billion- dollar drug to capture the market. It’s more than just researchers and companies; a cultural shift has been noted too within the last few years from common folk to politicians. Yet no psychedelics are currently approved by the Food and Drug Administration. For that the happen clinical trials demonstrating the effectiveness as well as understanding the metabolic and treatment pathways are still under investigation. Understand the personal stories, history, and science behind psychedelics and psychoactive drugs with Jane Hu’s piece.
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