MDMA is an illegal drug that can enhance a person's sense of well-being and empathy toward other people. (Getty Images) An independent panel for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sarah Sinclair is an award-winning journalist covering cannabis. Today, MDMA is probably best known as a “party drug,” more likely ...

The researchers conducted a meta-analysis, combining data from 122 studies, to assess the cognitive effects of psychedelics and MDMA Their focus was on three cognitive domains: memory, executive ...

Lykos Therapeutics is cutting 75% of staff after FDA rejected its MDMA drug for mental health. The FDA's decision marks the first time the agency considered a psychedelic for medical use. Lykos plans ...

Shares of companies developing treatments based on psilocybin and other psychedelic drugs moved lower on Monday after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected use of MDMA for post-traumatic ...

The Food and Drug Administration's decision to not approve a therapy using MDMA – also known as ecstasy and molly – to treat post-traumatic stress disorder means momentum for the use of psychedelics ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided not to approve a psychedelic treatment -- along with therapy -- to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to Lykos Therapeutics, ...

Federal health advisers have rejected the first-ever proposal to use MDMA as a treatment for PTSD. The nonbinding vote is a potential setback for psychedelic advocates hoping to move the banned drugs ...

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers are pushing the Food and Drug Administration to approve using MDMA, also known as ecstasy, as a treatment for veterans suffering from ...

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