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The Science of MDMA & Its Therapeutic Uses: Benefits & Risks

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The Dopamine Effect of MDMA

MDMA is a synthetic compound, as far as we know it does not exist in any plants or fungus. It causes huge increases in dopamine and even bigger increases in serotonin. People who have taken MDMA look at faces that are smiling and they rate those smiling happy faces as more positive than they would off the drug. The big increases in serotonin create what we call a prosocial effect.

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