Safe, domestically produced MDMA might be the dream for Australian ravers, but it is now a reality for people with post-traumatic stress disorder after Melbourne-based psychedelics manufacturer Cortexa finished its first production run of 10,000 capsules.

In an Australian first, Cortexa has synthesised the world’s largest single batch of high-quality therapeutic MDMA, an undertaking two years in the making and produced under high-level security.