How to Use MDMA in a Sentence

MDMA

noun

• But only one person in the MDMA group dropped out of the study.
  — Carla K. Johnson, Fortune Well, 15 Sep. 2023
• Plus, only about 5% dropped out from the MDMA groups in both trials.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 7 June 2024
• But as with many of these substances, the use of MDMA as a therapeutic is not a new phenomenon.
  — Sarah Sinclair, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
• About 40% of people in each trial had taken MDMA before.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 7 June 2024
• The fact that about 40% of those in the trials had tried MDMA before enrolling in the study only fueled speculation about whether the findings could be trusted.
  — Will Stone, NPR, 13 June 2024
• Nearly half the participants in the MDMA group met criteria for remission, compared to about 1 in 5 in the placebo group.
  — Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 14 Sep. 2023
• The exact mechanisms through which MDMA works are not well understood.
  — Rachel Riederer, The New Yorker, 13 July 2023
• Neither patients nor their therapists were told who was given MDMA.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
• This air of legitimacy—the idea that psychedelics could be more serious drugs than cannabis—gives drugs like MDMA and psilocybin certain advantages.
  — Jane C. Hu, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
• The orange pills, for instance, plainly contained MDMA, also known as ectasy.
  — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
• Few drugs in history have generated as much controversy as MDMA—or held as much promise.
  — Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 8 Dec. 2023
• The organization said no serious adverse events were reported from subjects who received MDMA in the studies.
  — David Ovalle, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
• First, overdoses are much more common in non-festival settings, and fentanyl contamination is exceedingly rare in the club drugs MDMA and ketamine.
  — The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
• Scientists still do not fully understand how MDMA catalyzes healing.
  — New York Times, 29 May 2022
• First, the mainstream medical establishment will need to see MDMA therapy as legitimate.
  — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2023
• To the surprise of almost everyone involved, therapy using MDMA — commonly known as ecstasy — will probably not become legal this year.
  — Sigal Samuel, Vox, 19 June 2024
• Products in the works at various pharmaceutical companies aim to make ketamine and other dissociative drugs, such as psychedelics like MDMA, even better antidepressants.
  — Sonya Collins, Fortune Well, 4 Nov. 2023
• Nelson agreed, pointing to similar effects for other hallucinogens like psilocybin and MDMA.
  — Dr. Angela Zhang, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2024
• Although other hallucinogens, such as psilocybin (magic mushrooms) and MDMA, have been researched for varying psychiatric conditions, with increasingly promising results, ibogaine is still in the very early stages of this research.
  — Dr. Angela Zhang, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2024
• Doctors will only be able to prescribe MDMA, otherwise known as ecstasy, to patients attempting to treat post-traumatic stress disorder and psilocybin mushrooms to patients who have experienced treatment-resistant depression.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 30 June 2023
• The compelling narrative, woven from emotional testimonials and clinical studies, makes a convincing argument for MDMA's potential as a therapeutic supplement, especially for those working through trauma.
  — Amy Brady, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
• The application proposed that MDMA facilitated a psychotherapeutic intervention by influencing the processing of trauma.
  — Thomas R. Insel, STAT, 25 July 2024

Last Updated: 2 Sep 2024