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MDMA
2017 · Film · 93 min
Directed by Angie Wang
When an Asian American girl from the wrong side of the tracks is accepted by a prestigious university, she finds that her academic prowess can be put to lucrative use.
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If you’re looking for things to support, MAPS and Heffter are great, and for a smaller project with less funding needed, the MDMA movie is may be an excellent project to support: https://donate.mdmathemovie.com/en/campaigns/TTTR4Li6j7oskQMGJ
To the extent that anyone on HN knows an active philanthropist looking for potentially highly impactful but severely underfunded causes - send them this article.
I believe there's a case that funding MDMA research has very high dollar/impact returns - or at least that it's likely enough that it's worth a thorough exploration.
It sounds like they still need to raise about $10-15 million, which is shockingly small compared to the ~$1.5bn/yr NIMH budget - and all of it will come from private philanthropists, as governments aren't yet willing to fund the work and for-profit companies don't see much profit yet due to the lack of patentability.
If you're on HN and this is the first you're hearing about this research, some resources:
- A short video excerpt from a documentary on MDMA therapy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9iKx2MKS70
- NY Times article - https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/us/ptsd-mdma-ecstasy.html