“It’s the first time I can remember feeling real compassion for myself. ”—Nick Watchorn, MDMA clinical participant featured in MDMA: A Breakthrough Therapy “The public education that this book will generate is of critical importance for the mainstreaming of psychedelic-assisted therapy.

”—Rick Doblin, Founder & President of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)This is the true account of one man’s struggle to cure his treatment-resistant PTSD and his brave decision to seek out an FDA-sponsored study using MDMA (Ecstasy) to treat his 22-year illness. MDMA: A Breakthrough Therapy explores the true story of policeman Nick Watchorn, who lived through the infamous massacre in Port Arthur, Tasmania, and his eventual MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD.

Follow Nick's journey through 3 medically induced MDMA sessions as he describes in gripping detail the transformative power of MDMA (a drug he had never taken before) and his quest for healing. Delve into the astonishing journey of MDMA, from its inception in a laboratory at Merck & Co.

in 1912 to its emergence as both a psychedelic party drug and a groundbreaking therapy for PTSD. Written by Forbes reporter David E.

Carpenter, who covers the business of therapeutic psychotropic drugs. Includes a foreword by Rick Doblin, Founder & President of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).

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