--- In [email protected], "Bob Brigante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ecstasy is not the answer > by Dr Ken Walton and Dr Jim Fleming > > Navy Times > 4 April 2005 > > The Navy Times, Army Times, and Air Force Times published a letter in > their April 4 issue about the Transcendental Meditation (TM) > Programme as an effective approach for treating Post Traumatic Stress > Syndrome (PTSD). The letter was written by two members of the Center > for Advanced Military Science (CAMS), Drs Ken Walton and Jim Fleming. > > The letter was in response to a previous article which proposed using > the drug Ectasy to treat PTSD. Walton and Fleming said, 'We were > shocked. Why support investigation of a brain-damaging drug, when a > safe and effective approach is already available?' > > The writers went on to say, 'It's high time we acknowledge that > virtually all drugs have negative side effects and look more closely > at the human potential for healing ourselves. Research now shows that > stress-reduction approaches can be effective for treating > hypertension and heart disease as well as anxiety, depression, and > substance abuse. Among these approaches, meditation has emerged as > most effective for many outcomes. Within the different types of > meditation, the Transcendental Meditation Programme has been > researched most and has shown the largest effects in comparative > studies.' > > The writers noted a study that was done twenty years ago. 'Brooks and > Scarano tested this programme in Vietnam veterans, randomly assigning > those diagnosed with PTSD to either meditation or psychotherapy > (Journal of Counseling and Development, Volume 64, Pages 212-215, > 1985). The results were clear. Compared to psychotherapy, three > months practising this meditation for two short periods a day brought > significantly greater reductions in eight of nine measures, including > emotional numbness, anxiety, depression, alcohol consumption, > insomnia, family problems, unemployment and a scale for PTSD. If a > Department of Veterans Affairs clinician prescribes the TM programme > as part of a veteran's therapy, it is VA policy that the local VA > medical center can pay the course fee from its discretionary funds.' > > The letter appeared both in the paper edition and also on the > publications' websites. > > Copyright � 2005 Global Good News(sm) Service.
The US govt has effectively shut down all research using ecstasy and similar drugs that show great promise in treating many psychiatric disorders. All in the name of the war on drugs. Early study using LSD during end stage cancer to relieve pain showed it to be very effective. All drugs can be abused and have side effects. By your logic narcotics should be taken off the market for pain management because of their abuse potential. Also Bob, the study showing damage from ecstasy has been totally invalidated because the researchers in that ecstasy study discovered they were accidentally were using massive amounts the wrong drug on the test animals, in this case 100x's the dose of meth- amphetamine. Do some research. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
