if you mean this article right here, if you look at the date you will see the article was wrote in 2016 (three almost 4 years ago)

in other words this is not new nor has it moved beyond "study" phases. all the FDA has approved it for was for studying on human case subjects.

in other words a very few PTSD patients that meet a very strict guideline of what ever the case is studying, have been for the last 3 years been taking Ecstasy with treatment providers closely monitoring and adjusting the drug to find out what it does for that symptom that the case study is for.

example I participated in a new drug case study for MS (Multiple Sclerosis) the drug was not approved at the end of the study because though it worked for spasms / twitches it did nothing to prevent the covering of nerves from deteriorating. though the drug was not approved for MS like journalists jumping the gun reported the drug was approved for a muscle relaxer.

in other words the article does not say which of the PTSD symptoms Ecstasy is being studied for. it could just be the anxiety symptom, or memory or flashbacks, or what ever. if it shows it doesn't work for all the PTSD symptoms it wont be approved as a PTSD drug.

right now the drug is just in "Case Study" phase not as in going to be approved by such and such date. the journalist who wrote this states in the article its been approved for study,

for all we know between now and a year from now the study could come forwards with negative things where the FDA halts the study and refuses to release it for mass production and mass prescribing with all treatment providers.

right now its just in case study phase. a lot can happen.

my opinion of the article is the byline is misleading because it led people three years ago to assume its already a done deal when its not. and now that the calendar is turning to 2020 of course news outlets are going to revisit the issue and of course they ae going to put catchy bylines / headlines on the articles that will get people to click on them and read them. (many companies are now sponsored where they get paid for how many times their articles are read and reviewed online now. such is life of the internet, misleading and outdated articles coming to the surface again and again.