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What's MDMA's addiction risk profile and therapeutic use potential vs. other "party drugs" such as - say - cocaine?





Molly addiction risk: low. Once your brains serotonin is depleted, the drug stops working, and the hangover isn’t really something to be avoided.

Cocaine addiction risk: moderate. Similar to alcohol. Most people won’t end up otherwise a bonafide addiction but some will. Its use is inherently addictive, most people do not have just “one” bump and then go home.

Molly therapeutic use: still under research, but extremely promising in helping to resolve ptsd and other similar issues. Potentially other uses, too.

Cocaine: used as an anesthetic. It can also be used to reverse the effects of some other drugs in emergency situations (I.e. canceling out a downer, or other situations where you need a burst of energy)




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