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Combat Stress Busters: From Ecstasy to Rap

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From The Guardian:

American soldiers traumatised by fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan are to be offered the drug ecstasy to help free them of flashbacks and recurring nightmares. ...

Scientists behind the trial in South Carolina think the feelings of emotional closeness reported by those taking the drug could help the soldiers talk about their experiences to therapists. Several victims of rape and sexual abuse with post-traumatic stress disorder, for whom existing treatments are ineffective, have been given MDMA since the research began last year....

"People are able to connect more deeply on an emotional level with the fact they are safe now."

But then along come the "Baghdad Rappers" shouting to the "Therapists of the World".


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