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Could MDMA Be Medicine? with Rachel Nuwer

Factually! with Adam Conover

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The Effects of MDMA on the Brain

The drug lowers activity in the amygdala, which is the brain sphere center. And it heightens activity and information processing centers. It reopens what's called a critical period in the brain when we're primed to learn new skills. The reason they exist is because there's an virtually unlimited number of things we can learn as a species.

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