The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
it also because of the big increases in serotonin produces a sense of emotional warmth towards others and towards oneself that's the empathogen component and for reasons that we still don't understand it seems to increase trust and the increases in trust turn out to be vital because as you will you will also learn later when we look at the clinical trials exploring MDMA for the treatment of PTSD
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MDMA methylene dioxy methamphetamine has properties similar to methamphetamine in that it powerfully promotes the release of dopamine and it is a stimulant and yet it also powerfully controls the release of Serotonin and in doing so makes MDMA a distinct category of compound from either classic psychedelics like psilocybin or LSD which largely work on the serotonin system and tend to produce mystical experiences and it's also distinct from Pure stimulants such as methamphetamine because MDMA by producing big increases in both dopamine and serotonin acts as what's called an empathogen it actually can increase one sense of Social connectedness and empathy not just for other people but for oneself