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Therapy on ecstasy could treat severe PTSD – Expert Reaction

Therapy on ecstasy could treat severe PTSD – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 14 May 2021

U.S. researchers have found that MDMA-assisted therapy significantly reduced symptoms of severe PTSD in patients. Ninety people with severe PTSD […]

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Flushing out Auckland’s drug use – In the News

In the News  |  Published: 13 March 201703 August 2018

Methamphetamine is the most commonly detected illegal drug in Auckland, according to a study that examined drugs flushed into the wastewater. […]

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Ecstasy not so safe – Leo Schep

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 23 June 2015

Dr Leo Schep, a toxicologist at the National Poisons Centre, University of Otago, argues against claims that MDMA is relatively […]

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Media buzz over MDMA regulation

In the News  |  Published: 19 June 201510 July 2015

The prospect of regulating the sale of party drug MDMA has been thrust into the spotlight this week, stirring robust […]

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Drug report reveals worrying trends

In the News  |  Published: 08 September 201108 September 2011

A survey of frequent illicit drug users has identified price shifts in the black market and highlighted a disturbing attitude […]

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Dominion Post: Hospitals on alert for new party drug

In the News  |  Published: 10 January 2011

Britton Broun writes in the Dominion Post about mephedrone – a substitute for ecstasy – the growing use of which […]

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