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Ecstasy Therapy: Penicillin for the soul

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Halima Shah
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Sean Ramos和Halima Shah探讨了MDMA作为治疗药物的可能性，以及其从20世纪70年代的实验到如今面临FDA审批的复杂历程。他们回顾了MDMA在不同时期的社会认知转变，从最初的实验性探索到成为俱乐部药物，再到如今作为潜在治疗药物的重新评估。 Halima Shah详细讲述了Sasha和Anne Shulgin夫妇在20世纪70年代对MDMA进行的早期实验，以及他们对MDMA治疗潜力的信念。她描述了舒尔金夫妇的研究方法，以及他们与其他治疗师和科学家的合作。同时，她也提及了早期MDMA治疗中出现的滥用案例。 Phil Wolfson分享了他20世纪80年代使用MDMA进行治疗的经验，包括治疗一对婚姻出现问题的夫妇的案例。他描述了MDMA如何帮助病人增进沟通和同理心，但也提到了一些病人服用MDMA后出现的负面反应。 Wendy Tucker作为Anne Shulgin的女儿，讲述了她对父母工作的了解，以及她对舒尔金农场进行保护性开发的努力。她分享了关于舒尔金夫妇实验室的细节，以及DEA对舒尔金农场的突袭事件。 Gene Hayslip作为DEA探员，代表了政府对MDMA的管制立场。他表达了对MDMA滥用的担忧，并最终宣布将MDMA列为1级管制药物。

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In 1980s Berkeley, an eccentric chemist and his wife, a self-taught therapist, experimented with MDMA. Their work would kickstart a decades-long campaign to mainstream psychedelics as a therapeutic tool — one that’s coming to a head this month, with a decision due from the FDA.

This episode was reported and produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Lissa Soep and Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Rob Byers, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. It’s the first in a series supported with a grant from the Ferriss–UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship.

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