The bill wouldn’t legalize MDMA as a prescription drug, but would allow its use if it is approved as a therapeutic treatment by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
When Boulder psychiatrist Will Van Derveer first heard about people treating severe mental health issues with MDMA — popularly known as the party drug ecstasy, or molly — he was extremely skeptical.
He soon joined a research team to conduct trials in Boulder, where patients who struggled with treatments for a decade saw marked results. Results that were so promising he made time Tuesday to testify at the Colorado legislature in favor of a bill that would legalize the drug in therapy treatments as soon as it receives federal approval.— sponsored by state Reps. Patrick Neville and David Ortiz, both U.S.
Jonathan Lubecky, a U.S. Marine Corps and Army veteran, became an advocate for the treatment after undergoing it himself as part of an earlier trial. His PTSD drove him to multiple suicide attempts, he said. He was swallowing 42 prescribed pills a day, and they didn’t lessen his symptoms either.
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