{
  "id": 5531816,
  "title": "New Zealand approves party-drug MDMA for treating patients with PTSD",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/new-zealand-approves-party-drug-mdma-for-treating-patients-with-ptsd",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-04T09:24:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "http://www.euronews.com/health/2026/09/04/new-zealand-approves-party-drug-mdma-for-treating-patients-with-ptsd"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two psychiatrists in New Zealand can now prescribe MDMA in controlled clinical settings, built on trial results that have been challenged in the US.",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Science",
        "title": "New Zealand drugs regulator approves use of MDMA to treat severe PTSD",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/new-zealand-drugs-regulator-approves-use-of-mdma-to-treat-severe-ptsd",
        "published": "2026-09-04T04:27:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}