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Ecstasy Shows Promise in Relieving PTSD by John Cloud

By John Cloud Tuesday, Jul. 20, 2010

On July 19, the Journal of Psychopharmacology reported the results of the first randomized, controlled trial of ecstasy, which is known to chemists as 3,4-methylene dioxyme thamphetamine, or MDMA. The study’s authors — led by Dr. Michael Mithoefer, a South Carolina psychiatrist — gave MDMA or a placebo to patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) whose condition had not been alleviated by any standard combination of psychotherapy and antidepressants. The new paper showed that ecstasy is not only safe when administered in controlled settings but also remarkably effective in treating PTSD in conjunction with psychotherapy.

Given the controversial nature of their study, the authors write in an all-business tone — the word ecstasy does not appear anywhere in the article. They begin by noting that PTSD is a serious mental-health problem — it is diagnosed in roughly 8% of Americans and as many as 1 in 5 U.S. servicemen and women returning from Afghanistan and Iraq — and that we have little clue about how to treat it.

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Marilyn Monroe accused Gobbard of sexual abuse & again by both of Brunings sons

Marylin was born in L.A. on June 1st 1926. She was named Norma Jeane Mortenson, but her mother baptized her as Norma Jean Baker because her father was never around.

Gladys was not able to take care of Marilyn because of economic and emotional problems, so she left her with her adoptive parents Albert and Ida Bolender, who lived in Hawthorne, California.

When Gladys solved her problems and bought a house of her own, she took back Norma Jeane, but after a few months she (Gladys), suffered a nervous breakdown and Norma was given to Grace McKee, her best friend. It was Grace who promoted the little girls interest for the movies and who pushed her to become an actress in the future.

Later in 1935 McKee married Ervin Silliman Goddard and moved to the US West Coast, so the girl was given to other family in custody. 2 years after her wedding, Grace took the girl back with her, but months later she again gave the custody of the girl to someone else, this time her uncle Olive Bruning, after the little girl accused Gobbard of sexual abuse. By the age of 12 the little girl was sexually abused again by both of Brunings sons.