For Jon Lubecky, the scars on his wrists are a reminder of the years he spent in mental purgatory.
He
returned from an Army deployment in Iraq a broken man. He heard mortar
shells and helicopters where there were none. He couldn’t sleep and
drank until he passed out. He got every treatment offered by Veterans
Affairs for post-traumatic stress disorder. But they didn’t stop him
from trying to kill himself — five times.
Finally, he signed up for an experimental therapy and was given a little green capsule. The anguish stopped.
Inside
that pill was a compound named MDMA, better known by dealers and rave
partygoers as ecstasy. That street drug is emerging as the most
promising tool to come along in years for the military’s escalating PTSD
epidemic.
If this stuff gets approval, you kind of wonder if, because the PTSD blowback has been ameliorated, those who favor and promote war will feel emboldened and enabled.
They'd still have to accept responsibility for crushed skulls and lost body parts.
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