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How ‘love drugs’ may one day help couples save failing relationships
Chemical seduction: How ‘love drugs’ may one day help couples save failing relationships
Sarah Boesveld
National Post
3/30/2013
Along with oxytocin and the related bonding hormone vasopressin, researchers are also taking a second look at the possible therapeutic uses for MDMA, better known as the illegal party drug ecstasy.
MDMA was actually used in couples’ therapy back in the 1980s before it was regulated, he pointed out, and it only became a restricted drug after emerging on the club scene in Austin, Texas. Today, researchers at the respected John Hopkins University School of Medicine have begun testing psilocybe, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, for benefits in a clinical setting.
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Chemical seduction: How ‘love drugs’ may one day help couples save failing relationships
Sarah Boesveld
National Post
3/30/2013
Along with oxytocin and the related bonding hormone vasopressin, researchers are also taking a second look at the possible therapeutic uses for MDMA, better known as the illegal party drug ecstasy.
MDMA was actually used in couples’ therapy back in the 1980s before it was regulated, he pointed out, and it only became a restricted drug after emerging on the club scene in Austin, Texas. Today, researchers at the respected John Hopkins University School of Medicine have begun testing psilocybe, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, for benefits in a clinical setting.
Read more here