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Normally, MDMA induces feelings of empathy, decreased anxiety, and decreased tension in users. It is this aspect which renders MDMA a potential therapeutic drug, according to John H. Halpern, associate director of substance abuse research at McLean Hospital and leader of the study...
...Terminally ill cancer patients experience extreme anxiety due to their medical condition,” said Halpern. “In [a drug-induced] state, a person would be better able to talk about matters that are causing them to have an anxiety attack...
...Halpern said MDMA has more therapeutic potential than other hallucinatory drugs because it rarely results in a “bad trip...
...process for broadening club membership differs among the clubs, though for all it begins with a vote among club members. In the end, however, the graduate boards have veto power, says Halpern, of The Phoenix, leaving them the real decision-makers...
...grads get the final word, which I think will make the change slower and tougher. Even if 75 percent of the students wanted to make the club co-ed, it would be hard,” Halpern says...