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The therapeutic potential of MDMA

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

The Role of Serotonin in Social Behavior

There was a study where researchers dosed octopuses with MDMA and they got high or at least they appeared to get high in the sense that their behavior changed dramatically. So you know, an octopus who never will encounter MDMA in its normal life under the ocean reacts to this drug in much the same way we do. It just shows how important this sociality is for survival for all kinds of species, and once very, very, very distantly related to us.

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