How Drug War Posturing Is Blocking Access To A Potential Treatment For Veterans

How Drug War Posturing Is Blocking Access To A Potential Treatment For Veterans: Veterans and others suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder have long reported anecdotally that marijuana provides unique relief for their symptoms, but past attempts to perform scientific studies have foundered because access to a legal supply of marijuana is blocked by federal agencies. A new study released this week averted this obstacle in a brain imaging [...]/p

New Mexico Will Provide Returning Veterans With Free Mental Health Care For A Year

New Mexico Will Provide Returning Veterans With Free Mental Health Care For A Year: Faced with a Veterans’ Affairs Department (VA) overwhelmed by medical claims and more and more American soldiers returning from the war in Afghanistan, the state of New Mexico has decided to provide recently-discharged veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars with a critical resource: one year of free mental health services. As per New Mexico [...]/p

Research Points to Clear Benefits of MDMA for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | Alternet

Research Points to Clear Benefits of MDMA for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | Alternet
"Careful long-term studies are moving MDMA from being banned as a rave drug to being legal as prescription medicine.  New follow-up research shows its effectiveness, as an adjunct to psychotherapy, in cases of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that have been resistant to other treatments."