CINCINNATI — Dubbed the "hug drug" and "X" by its users, the illegal drug ecstasy is being researched as a possible treatment for sufferers of serious stress disorders.
But a lot more research is needed before ecstasy-assisted psychotherapy ever would be made legal in the United States, said Gary Gudelsky, a University of Cincinnati professor who has spent 25 years studying side effects of the drug on the brain.
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