The Food and Drug Administration will not approve MDMA, the street drug known as Molly or Ecstasy, as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a Friday announcement from the maker of the drug, Lykos Therapeutics.
Some lawmakers — even in far-flung Alaska — have used their positions to push the drug, even though recently the studies showed there is not enough evidence to show the drug is effective. Indeed, some study participants said the drug led to suicidal ideation and said their concerns were dismissed by the study managers.
The clinical trial was a hot mess in other ways: There were allegations of sexual misconduct in the middle of the study and there are possible serious side effects like heart problems and drug abuse. FDA scientists also said the study itself was not clean because patients and therapists could easily guess who got the drug and who got the placebo.
Alaska Sen. Forrest Dunbar and Rep. Jennie Armstrong were two of the proponents of MDMA, introducing legislation to set up a task force in Alaska to create a regulatory framework in anticipation of the drug’s approval, which Dunbar falsely said on the record was imminent.
The overeager lawmakers put the cart in front of the horse. Although their legislation passed, it’s not clear the governor will sign it, since MDMA is evidently far from guaranteed approval.
Lykos Therapeutics said it will challenge the FDA decision and says the data is adequate to prove the drug is effective.
As long as they find a way to tax it……it will become legal.
Dunleavy will sign on as he is a far left Democrat with as many idiotic tendencies as the far left Democrats that pushed it in the legislature.
Ecstasy will be medicine, they said.
It is guaranteed to be approved by the FDA this year, they said.
Sen. Forrest Dunbar and Rep. Jennie Armstrong led the charge and 55 out of 60 legislators followed them off the cliff.
Thank you to the four others who had the courage not to follow the herd and promote ecstasy use in state law.
Bert Stedman
Jamie Allard
Dan Saddler
DeLena Johnson
David Eastman
HB228: ‘https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=HB%20228
Wow! 55 out of 60?
That is one hell of a flock of sheep.
Are their constituents following their RINO Reps as they take the plunge and vote?
Obviously not.
The method used during elections was for TOO MANY of the “republicans/conservatives” to SAY they support the conservative way of life, then, once in office, hand control tothe demoncrats. This number no longer surprises me.
55 Turncoats, turning their backs on we the people, we their constituents!
Sorry Mr wannabe governor, you’re gonna have to keep using a dealer.
What a total fraud he is and also explains his irresponsible and mean spirited decision making.
Mr Dunbar, time to consider getting clean n sober, just say no! Get yourself into rehab and out of politics.
Forrest and Jennie have enough Muldoon and West Anchorage area residents backing him up while He is down leading the circus to legalize psych drugs they dont have to rely on street peddlers….they have couriers deliver it to them in their chambers to keep them medicated.
Thet should just call it a vaccine so they could mandate it. You could have young children taking it too.
When it comes to pain, most practitioners believe its experience is subjective. However, it’s inhumane to deliberately inflict pain. Wherein lies the well-known placebo effect … to be thereafter conflated with recreational use of drugs.
Anybody who takes the FDA seriously after the events of the last 4 years hasn’t been paying attention. My guess is that the patents for ecstacy have run out so big Pharma’s profit potential just isn’t there and the FDA is merely acting in accordance to their corporate masters dictates. Ecstasy may not have had enough horrible side effects either, which would provide Big Pharma with additional revenue.
Doubtless Pfizer is working on an m-RNA equivalent jab that will check all the boxes.
This guy gets it.
Big pharma is certainly working on something that will achieve the same results but will require repeated doses.
It’s amazing how some pick and chose to see the use of one therapeutic medicine one way, without any data to support their beliefs, but will ignore the data of another therapeutic with proven results.
Ketamine is a much more effective tool for this kind of therapy. MDMA can be quite dangerous if not used properly. Ketamine not so much.
Another great tool is psilocybin mushrooms.
They also have an added benefit of showing you a deeper layer of reality.
Not really sure why they were attempting to use MDMA. Probably because it also encourages sexual interaction rather than true transcendence. Almost everything the low consciousness government tries to push is inverted from reality. Typical.