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Lucid News: Texas Leads the Way in Bipartisan Support for Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Research

“If you would have told me five years ago that Rick Perry, knuckle-dragging, right wing Republican governor of Texas, was going to be in the same sentence with the word ‘psychedelics,’ I would have bet you the farm, baby,” Perry told a recent conference hosted by Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions (VETS).

Psychedelic Times: Bringing psychedelic treatment to the special forces veteran community

"We’ve supported around 350 Special Operations veterans in seeking psychedelic-assisted therapy." - Amber Capone, VETS co-founder

Time: Inside Ibogaine

“When he walked into the room, it was as though I was witnessing him the first time I met him,” she says. “His anger and his darkness and his whole demeanor had changed. All of that was gone. He was easy. He was light. He was present. He was happy. It just absolutely blew my mind.”

Psychedelic Times: How Ibogaine is Helping Former Special Operations Soldiers with Traumatic Brain Injury and PTSD

In this continuation of our first conversation with Marcus and Amber Capone of VETS, we discuss ways that traumatic brain injury (TBI) can overlap and complicate post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and how the psychedelic root bark iboga and its derivative ibogaine can treat both disorders.

Psychedelic Times: Veteran Navy SEAL Advocates for Psychedelic Assisted Therapy: Interview with Marcus and Amber Capone of VETS

Marcus Capone is a former Navy SEAL who, like many of his teammates completed multiple combat deployments overseas.