Are There Medical Benefits to Psychedelic Drugs?

Adam Strauss is the writer/performer of “The Mushroom Cure,” a one-man show about his attempts to cure his OCD with hallucinogenic mushrooms. It's playing at Theater 80 on St. Marks Pl. until January 7. Ingmar Gorman is a clinical psychologist studying the use of MDMA in treating PTSD. He is the Administrative Director of the Psychedelic Education and Continuing Care Program at the Center for Optimal Living. He is currently an NIH funded postdoctoral fellow at New York University's Behavioral Sciences Training in Drug Abuse Research Program. Dr. Gorman is also site co-principal investigator and therapist on a Phase 3 clinical trial studying the potential psychotherapeutic utility of MDMA for post-traumatic stress disorder.