For years, Becca Kacanda was haunted by trauma that led to post-traumatic stress disorder. She tried different types of talk therapy and even a technique known as eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.
Nothing stuck.
Then in 2020, she found a clinical trial at the University of Wisconsin-Madison testing the psychedelic drug MDMA, paired with therapy, to treat PTSD. Scientists were testing a new use for the drug, which is commonly known as ecstasy or molly and associated with dance clubs and raves…