VICEさんのインスタグラム写真 - (VICEInstagram)「Thumbs up for clinical MDMA use: a leader in the US white nationalist movement took the drug for a scientific study and said it helped him to realise he wanted to change his extremist beliefs.⁠ ⁠ MDMA is among a group of psychoactive drugs – including ketamine and psilocybin – being studied for their potential to help treat mental and physical illnesses. As anyone who’s ever been in a smoking area at 3AM will know all too well, Molly often causes feelings of empathy and sociability. Or as lead researcher Harriet de Wit told the BBC, "It's what everyone says about this damn drug, that it makes people feel love."⁠ ⁠ While this is clearly an extreme and unique case, the study’s authors noted that MDMA "gave [Brendan] a clear vision that unexamined racism was both wrong and mean", and hypothesised that if "extremist views [are] fueled by fear, anger and cognitive biases", they could potentially be treated with drugs that counteract those feelings.⁠ ⁠ Researchers have noted that psychedelic drugs merely enhance whatever somebody is already thinking – and MDMA isn't going to change bigoted minds en masse. However, in this individual case, as Brendan told the BBC, "It helped me see things in a different way that no amount of therapy or antiracist literature ever would have done."」6月20日 1時02分