Stars and Stripes: House lawmakers push bill to create psychedelic research grant for active-duty troops
Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, speaks at a Capitol Hill press conference on the Douglas “Mike” Day Psychedelic Therapy to Save Lives Act, Wednesday, June 14, 2023.
Politico: Psychedelics for soldiers
The military could be the proving ground for new psychedelic therapies if Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) can convince his colleagues on the Armed Services Committee to add his amendment to this year’s National Defense Authorization Act.
Benzinga Research: VETS Co-founders Joined Rep. Dan Crenshaw (TX-02) for Press Conference Supporting Bipartisan Legislation Funding Psychedelics Research for Military Service Members
Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions (VETS), a nonprofit organization focused on ENDING veteran suicide through psychedelic-assisted therapy, co-founders Marcus and Amber Capone joined Rep. Dan Crenshaw (TX-02) for a press conference on the bipartisan bill proposing funding for psychedelic research for military service members.
Bloomberg: US Veterans Are Accelerating the Push for Psychedelics
Veterans are at the center of a broadening push to use psychedelics to help treat ailments such as depression and PTSD.
The Washington Times: Once taboo, psychedelic drugs offer vets new PTSD treatment option
For one vet, new treatment worked where others failed
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The Psychedelic Mom Podcast with Amber Capone: Psychedelics and Veteran Family Healing
Amber Capone shares her personal journey supporting her husband's recovery from PTSD through plant-based medicines like ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT
WOSU 89.7 Public Media: OSU Receives License to Grow Psychedelic Mushrooms
The Ohio State University has received the first-ever DEA license to grow psychedelic mushrooms for research.
CNN Health: My grandfather hid the emotional toll of World War II from his family for decades
Frank Murphy flew 21 perilous missions as a navigator of a B-17 for the Eighth Air Force’s 100th Bomb Group, nicknamed “the Bloody Hundredth.”
The Hill: Suicide crisis in the military fueled by ineffective screening for brain injuries
The Department of Defense’s oversight chief in March acknowledged something critical in the quest to stamp out suicide among current service members and veterans: that the armed forces are woefully ineffective at screening service members for traumatic brain injuries and for following up with those that suffer from them.