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Pineapple Fund Offers $4M Matching Grant to MAPS for MDMA Research

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Re: Pineapple Fund Offers $4M Matching Grant to MAPS for MDMA Research

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Post by TheSpiceIsLife »

acchow wrote: post #6
ClassyJacket wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can anecdotally confirm this. I took MDMA under pretty normal party circumstances and honestly it was life changing. I've found it easier to be friendly, talkative, relaxed, and positive, even weeks later. I'm interested to see how long these effects last. My intrusive thoughts have been lowered and my overall outlook is more positive. I don't have PTSD, but I do have depression, anxiety, and unofficially, I probab…

Have plenty of friends that have overcome social anxiety they've had their entire lives with just one night of MDMA.

Same for me.

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Post by ddorian43 »

throwaway_de2af wrote: post #18

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Re: Pineapple Fund Offers $4M Matching Grant to MAPS for MDMA Research

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Post by jerianasmith »

I believe this a great initiative by Pineapple Fund. This will surely inspire others for contributing towards psychedelic therapy and medical marijuana research. Philanthropy is all about caring and nourishing and this initiative is a step in that direction.

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Post by PineappleFund »

ClassyJacket wrote: post #5
everdev wrote: post #2

This is fantastic news. MDMA and psychedelics when taken in the right setting with the right support people can be incredibly healing. Right now it's primarily focused on PTSD and other traumas, but it can be a powerful experience for improving relationships or personal growth as well.

I can anecdotally confirm this. I took MDMA under pretty normal party circumstances and honestly it was life changing. I've found it easier to be friendly, talkative, relaxed, and positive, even weeks later. I'm interested to see how long these effects last. My intrusive thoughts have been lowered and my overall outlook is more positive. I don't have PTSD, but I do have depression, anxiety, and unofficially, I probab…

I'm glad to hear about your life changing experience! MDMA-assisted psychotherapy, as done by MAPS, involves 12 therapy sessions along with 3 MDMA-assisted therapy sessions; as such, I expect the results to be stronger than MDMA under party circumstances.

The Phase 2 trials have showed that 63% no longer meets the criteria of PTSD 2 months after the last MDMA session, as compared to 25% for the placebo.

As for how long your results may last, another study conducted by MAPS after 2.5 years found that the effects have generally still persisted.

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Post by PineappleFund »

Chernobog wrote: post #9

If MDMA were to become approved medicine in the US, I see it as an important milestone when it comes to getting rid of misguided classifications of drugs as having no medical value even though there are both research and anecdotal evidence suggesting otherwise. I am certain that a change in the US will have impacts on other countries as well. I donated last summer because I sincerely believe this research will have a…

Thanks for your donation! (that will be matched :)

The Phase 2 trials and FDA's breakthrough therapy designation along shows strong medical value of MDMA, especially in a clinical context with psychotherapy sessions and a trained therapist.

I hope this starts a renaissance in the use of psychedelics to treat, long term (with short term drug applications), many mental conditions.

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Post by ClassyJacket »

pazimzadeh wrote: post #11
ClassyJacket wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can anecdotally confirm this. I took MDMA under pretty normal party circumstances and honestly it was life changing. I've found it easier to be friendly, talkative, relaxed, and positive, even weeks later. I'm interested to see how long these effects last. My intrusive thoughts have been lowered and my overall outlook is more positive. I don't have PTSD, but I do have depression, anxiety, and unofficially, I probab…

> under pretty normal party circumstances Were you alone or with friends? Home or out?

I was at a New Years party at a few different nightclubs. With a friend who was also on it, and met a bunch of others that night too.

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Chernobog wrote: post #9

If MDMA were to become approved medicine in the US, I see it as an important milestone when it comes to getting rid of misguided classifications of drugs as having no medical value even though there are both research and anecdotal evidence suggesting otherwise. I am certain that a change in the US will have impacts on other countries as well. I donated last summer because I sincerely believe this research will have a…

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Re: Pineapple Fund Offers $4M Matching Grant to MAPS for MDMA Research

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Post by noinput »

This is fantastic. I recently helped a few of the NGOs selected by Pineapple get their tech together to accept the funds. It gave me a chance to learn more (as much is public) about the fund and love hearing about bolder moves like this to make such an impact. Being close to the NGOs that did receive the funds, I can say first hand just how much of a difference this macro-funding is making for real orgs that care so much about change. @Pine thank you for giving a damn.
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