President Donald Trump signed an executive order Saturday morning to fast-track the study of using psychedelics to treat Americans living with depression, PTSD, addiction, and other conditions. Trump said that the action was going to directly impact veterans in particular. Trump was joined inside the Oval Office by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dr. Mehmet Oz, podcaster Joe Rogan and other officials. LiveNOW’s Alexandra Goldberg is speaking with Juliana Mercer, a Marine Corps veteran and Executive Director of Healing Breakthrough, an organization that works to advocate for psychedelic-assisted therapy for veterans.
“Today I’m pleased to announce historic reforms to dramatically accelerate access to new medical research and treatments based on psychedelic drugs,” Trump said during the event. “In many cases, these experimental treatments have shown life-changing potential for those suffering from severe mental illness and depression, including our cherished veterans, our veterans having a tremendous hard time.”
“It directs the FDA to expedite their review of certain psychedelics already designated as breakthrough therapy drugs,” Trump said inside the Oval Office. “If these turn out to be as good as people are saying, it’s going to have a tremendous impact on this country and other countries, too.
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