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Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Ecstasy to help cancer patients?
Apparently the FDA wants to find out if Ecstasy can help cancer patients.
The FDA won't approve medicinal marijuana but it is willing to study the effectiveness of Ecstasy? Interesting.
This month, in a little-noted administrative decision, the Food and Drug Administration gave the green light to a Harvard proposal to test the benefits of the illegal street drug Ecstasy in patients diagnosed with severe anxiety related to advanced cancer. The study will look at whether the drug can help terminally ill patients lessen their fears, quell thoughts of suicide and make it easier for them to deal with loved ones.Link.
"End-of-life issues are very important and are getting more and more attention, and yet there are very few options for patients who are facing death," Dr. John Halpern, the Harvard research psychiatrist in charge of the study, said yesterday.
The FDA won't approve medicinal marijuana but it is willing to study the effectiveness of Ecstasy? Interesting.
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