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U.S. Soldiers Scaring Iraqi Children (VIDEO) - The Daily Blender

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Ecuador army rescues captive President Rafael Correa

Soldiers in Ecuador have rescued President Rafael Correa from a police hospital after... more

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Iron Man-style suit "to feature in war within 5 years"

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Ecstasy Used In Therapy To Treat PTSD

Approximately 18 percent of U.S. soldiers returning from the Iraq and Afghan wars in the first decade of the 21st century have been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a condition characterized by debilitating anxiety. New research published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology investigated the safety and efficacy of MDMA, a controlled substance known on the street as “ecstasy,” for treatment of PTSD. The researchers found 58 percent of subjects experienced improved symptoms compared to placebo.

This double-blind pilot study involved 20 test subjects. To be eligible, they had to meet all the criteria for crime or war-related chronic PTSD. Their symptoms had to be moderate to severe, as well as resistant to at least three months of prior treatment with traditional PTSD drugs. The researchers split the test subjects into two groups. In the experimental group, 12 subjects underwent two 8-hour psychotherapy sessions while dosed with MDMA. In the control group, 8 subjects underwent two 8-hour psychotherapy sessions while dosed with a placebo.
To measure the outcomes, the researchers used the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) test to assess the subjects’ symptoms before treatment, four days after treatment, and two months after treatment. At all three measured points in time, 10 of the 12 MDMA-treated patients (83 percent) showed a clinical response to the treatment, whereas only 2 of the 8 placebo-treated patients (25 percent) did.

Furthermore, those in the placebo group were offered to be treated with MDMA after they completed the first trial and 100 percent no longer met the criteria for PTSD. An unexpected result of the study was the return of three participants to work, who were previously unable due to PTSD symptoms. Treatment with MDMA was safe, though subjects showed elevated blood pressure and body temperature while on the drug, these effects did not last.

PTSD poses a significant risk to those afflicted with it. Traditional drug therapy for PTSD effectively treats about 45 to 47 percent of the patients. Victims of the condition tend to experience much higher incidences of disability, emotional suffering, drug abuse, and suicide. The researchers suspected that MDMA might help PTSD patients because the drug is known to “decrease feelings of fear while maintaining a clear-headed, alert state of consciousness.”Approximately 18 percent of U.S. soldiers returning from the Iraq and Afghan wars in... more

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Don't Tell Me - It's Just More of the Same

Bryan Safi is a writer for infoMania and the host of "That's Gay."
Remember how Mean Old Man McCain threatened to block movement to repeal "don’t ask, don’t tell" and we were all like, “um…you’re stupid”? And then remember how last night we waited to see if Sarah Palin would show up on DWTS to cheer on her little star who’s famous for not using a condom? One of those two things didn’t happen. You guys - Grizzly Mama didn’t show! But McCain and every other Republican Senator came through. Efforts to repeal "don’t ask, don’t tell" failed when the Senate was unable to invoke cloture, which would allow the bill to come back to the floor at some point for another vote. It’s basically a second chance to fuck someone you couldn’t believe you scored to begin with. So, why did the vote fail? It’s the same thing we’ve heard every time we’ve tried this (and every time I try to get some action from my boyfriend) – it’s a bad time. Please do not disturb. It’s just not the time or place. Let’s talk about this later – like in that hotel room we rent on the weekends that has the oversized tub and the million-dollar pancakes. But, no. Not now. These politicians have mid-terms elections in November. And they need to keep up bigoted appearances so they can be re-elected to serve our country for a few more years. So, maybe after November? Or maybe after the 2012 election when Obama secures a second term? Or maybe in 2020, which at least sounds like the future so maybe we’ll be on Mars and maybe they’ll make it legal on Mars so if we’re on Mars, hey, anything’s possible? But right now? Haha. No, not now. Who can we blame? Pappy McCain (obvs), also Democrat Harry Reid for his “my way or no way” approach in allowing Republicans only one amendment to this bill. And finally, Hope Floats himself – President Obama who could end this entire thing if he really, really, really wanted to.
Today, he went so far as to call himself a “fierce advocate.” So why does our fierce advocate keep throwing it back to Congress? And why did the man, who Hope Floats himself nominated to head the Marine Corps, speak out against the repeal today?! What message is this sending? Because the message I’m receiving is, Hope Floats wants nothing to do with gayness (except the word “fierce”). So where are we to look for any real hope and change? We have one option - Lady Gaga. Seriously. That’s where the hope is. That’s who’s trying to make a difference here. She put away her Muppet outfits, put on a suit and said, Today I’m gonna use real words instead of giving bjs to expressionist imagery.
God Bless You, Lady Gaga. But you look real weird in people clothes.

What I said months ago about the DADT debates apparently still stands - when push comes to shove, everyone's still afraid of the gay penis:

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Welcome to Jackass,Mates!

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Child Soldiers In America

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Superspeed Don't Stop I.E.D.'s

Brother Ira braves the roadside bombs to save MPH's cousin.

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Suicide Bombings in Sri Lanka: Scenes From Vanguard

Vanguard correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels to Sri Lanka during the final days... more

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Supporting the Troops of Sri Lanka: Scenes From Vanguard

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Rehabilitating Tamil Child Soldiers: Scenes From Vanguard

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Origin of the Suicide Bomber: Scenes From Vanguard

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Faster Than a Speeding Frat Boy

Brother MPH shows the troops what super speed can do.

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Marine Boot Camp For Getting Better: Vanguard Extra

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The Five Cockrings Died

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Blood money: Tony Blair accused by relatives of war dead as he announces that cash from his book will go to help injured soldiers

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Soldiers: Life After War - Mon 16th Aug, 10PM

Kaj Larson investigates what life after war is like for soldiers returning from... more

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Guys, we're pretty Screwed Up

Lindsay Lohan, 24, gets her name and face all over the news because she went to jail.... more

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Six Arrested On Open Shuhada Street Demo in Al Khalil

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Veterans Administration Will Offer Expanded PTSD Benefits For Soldiers

Alex Simmons is the producer of Vanguard's "War Crimes."
From the front page of The New York Times today:

The government is preparing to issue new rules that will make it substantially easier for veterans who have been found to have post-traumatic stress disorder to receive disability benefits, a change that could affect hundreds of thousands of veterans from the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam...
Under the new rule, which applies to veterans of all wars, the department will grant compensation to those with P.T.S.D. if they can simply show that they served in a war zone and in a job consistent with the events that they say caused their conditions. They would not have to prove, for instance, that they came under fire, served in a front-line unit or saw a friend killed.
The new rule would also allow compensation for service members who had good reason to fear traumatic events, known as stressors, even if they did not actually experience them.

The move reflects a greater understanding of PTSD, that one doesn't have to serve on the front-line or come under direct fire to return with the disorder. [Watch an outtake from "War Crimes" about a Los Angeles treatment clinic for veterans with PTSD.]
Of the vets we spoke to with PTSD during the making of Vanguard's "War Crimes," some experienced what are considered classic causes of combat trauma, seeing a good friend die or having their Humvee hit with an IED, like Jesse Bratcher.
But others, like Clark Fish, returned from the war zone traumatized not by fighting on a battlefield, but from working in an emergency room and seeing soldiers, and Iraqi children, die on a daily basis. [Meet Clark Fish in this scene from "War Crimes."]
In the past, it has been much harder for those like Clark to prove they had PTSD after never coming under fire from the enemy. These new rules are attempting to change that.
Watch Vanguard correspondent Kaj Larsen talk about his experiences as a Navy SEAL returning from combat below.

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