Three research papers on MDMA assisted psychotherapy have been retracted by the journal Psychopharmacology because of “protocol violations amounting to unethical conduct” by researchers at a study site.
In the retraction notices the journal said that the authors were aware of the violations when they submitted the articles but failed to disclose them or remove the affected data from their analysis.123 All three papers related to phase 2 randomised controlled trials for MDMA assisted therapy, with similar authors listed for all three papers.
Although the notices did not detail what the …
