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Reduction in their symptoms compared to placebo, which was 69%. and i, both groups, i should point out also got talk therapy. if you look at how many people actually said, look my symptoms went away completely in the mdma group versus the placebo group the results were even a little bit more promising. you had about 71% of people who, in that mdma group who said their symptoms went away completely versus about 48% in the placebo group. so this is going to be the focus of the attention here. these are small studies still this is an advisory committee meetings, so there's a lot of steps but that...

That sometimes children can be very reflective of what adults really end up doing two, so maybe his antics are not that far out of place on the house floor. >> and also a reminder of no matter where you land on any political spectrum, we all have kids that are really good at embarrassing as i'm putting us in our place. >> congressman john rose guy, guy up top. all can say is as up top. thanks so much for being with us and congrats on starting summer brave guy, have a great summer and please continue to terrorize your data as much as possible. it's it's so much fun okay. >> thanks for having me...

Known, commonly known as ecstasy, for treating post-traumatic stress disorder. if approved, this therapy would be the first potential new ptsd treatment in 25 years. cnn's dr. sanjay gupta is joining us now with more sanjay talked to us about what you're learning on morning, about how effective mdma could be in is with treating pts yeah. >> i mean, this is some these are some interesting data that's coming out of this. i mean, there is a lot of interest in the use of psychedelics as medicine and there's gonna be a lot of focus on this particular meeting. if this carries fourth i think this may...

Might that be a problem? might there be an impact on the liver? but sort of a broader concern, kate, with psychedelic trials is that it's very hard to do a blinded trial. people generally know when they're getting the psychedelic versus when they're getting a placebo, right? unlike a lot of other medications. so can you really do a blinded trial? in fact, they asked the participants in these groups afterward, do you know what you actually received? and in the mdma group, the vast majority of people knew that they got at 94%, i believe knew that they actually, we're getting that mdma and the pl...

Again, this is over ten years ago. just look at a little bit of what happened to her during and that session this is the place where we do the study. >> this is where we meet with people and then this is where we do the mdma sessions intense psychotherapy including eight hour sessions after taking a capsule of mdma i've ecstasy. i listen closely on this tape. you can hear rachel along with dr. missile keep driving i've felt as if my whole brain was powered up like a christmas tree all the ones we've look at, you know, there's gonna be a lot of focus on this again, she essentially was describin...