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The therapeutic potential of MDMA

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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The Effects of MDMA on the Brain

MDMA mimics the neurotransmitter serotonin. It causes your neurons to release around 80% of their stored serotonin. So you're dumping serotonin out into the synapses between neurons and activating all that chemical messenger. And there are findings in neuroscience showing that serotonin plus oxytocin is the formula for love. so hence that lovey-dovey feeling you get when you're rolling as ravers like to say on the dance floor.

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