"Sir Nick Carter, who was chief of the defence staff until 2021, said existing regulations meant a single gram of medical grade MDMA cost about 10,000 compared with a street price of about 40, inflating the cost of trials. The Sandhurst-trained former general wants Britain to press ahead with further trials after a study in Nature Medicine showed that PTSD symptoms were eliminated in 71% of the 52 cases where MDMA-assisted therapy was tested."
"What we want is for the government to make the cost of trials much cheaper. We're not asking for MDMA to be declassified, but there should be some sort of reduction in its classification when it comes to medical treatment, Carter said. Potential benefits could reach beyond the military, Carter added. This could help not just veterans, but others such as police and workers in other emergency services and the NHS as well, he said."
Easing MDMA restrictions would reduce the cost of medical-grade MDMA—currently about 10,000 per gram for clinical use compared with about 40 on the street—and lower expenses for trials. MDMA-assisted therapy eliminated PTSD symptoms in 71% of 52 cases in a Nature Medicine study. PTSD affects about 9% of veterans who served during Iraq and Afghanistan deployments. Domestic trials now require importing MDMA, expensive special convoy transport, and regulatory hurdles. A University of Cambridge team and Supporting Wounded Veterans aim to raise 2m for a further 40-person trial; 700,000 has been raised so far.
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