UK PTSD study uses Ecstasy to get veterans talking

There is one thing all experts agree on when it comes to healing PTSD. Talking helps them heal. The UK is trying to do that with Ecstasy.

The agony and the ecstasy
S.A.S. man in TV drug test on war trauma
By LEIGH HOLMWOOD
Published: 12 hrs ago

AN SAS hero will be seen taking ECSTASY on a controversial Channel 4 show.

Phil Campion, who served in the corps’ D Squadron, agreed to take part in Drugs Live to help research into whether the Class A dance drug has an effect on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) suffered by troops.

The dad-of-five — now a mercenary “pirate hunter” — will be seen alongside comedian Keith Allen and former Lib Dem MP Evan Harris taking an 83mg dose of pharmaceutical-grade MDMA, the pure form of ecstasy.

They will then undergo a brain scan to see what effect it has.

“The experts seem to think MDMA may help people with PTSD, letting them open up so they can talk about stuff they’ve never been able to talk about. Experiments like this had never been done before and if you want to test for ex-soldiers’ reactions to the drug, who better to use than an ex-SAS bloke like me?”
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