- 9.4.2024
- News
VARIETY: ‘In Waves and War’ Review: Moving Doc About Afghanistan Vets Treating PTSD With Hallucinogens Is an Odyssey of the Mind
With animated sequences and intimate profiles, 'Athlete A' directors Jon Shenk and Bonni Cohen’s latest is another heartfelt look at a pressing social issue.
- 8.29.2024
- News
- Press Releases
Press Release: In Waves And War - Groundbreaking Documentary Featuring Veterans Seeking Healing - Set To Premiere At Telluride Film Festival
Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions (VETS) Amber and Marcus Capone Featured as They Help Veterans Find Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy for PTSD and TBI
- 8.28.2024
- Blog
Navigating Complexity: Reflections on the FDA's MDMA-Assisted Therapy Decision and the Future of Psychedelic Medicine
The FDA’s recent decision to decline approval for MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD, while disappointing, is not the end of the road. The agency’s request for further research serves as a reminder of the hurdles we still face in advancing psychedelic medicine through regulatory channels.
- 8.14.2024
- News
Microdose: FDA Rejected MDMA-Assisted PTSD Therapy: Psychedelic Industry Responds
Psychedelic industry leaders respond to the FDA's rejection of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD, emphasizing the ongoing fight for innovative mental health treatments and the need for new regulatory frameworks.
- 8.10.2024
- News
VETS Stands Firm: Our Response to the FDA's Decision on MDMA-Assisted Therapy
Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Complete Response Letter (CRL) to Lykos Therapeutics in response to their application for approval of MDMA-assisted therapy.
- 8.8.2024
- News
The New York Times: Veterans and Lawmakers Lobby in Bipartisan Push for MDMA Therapy
More than a half century after federal regulators banned most psychedelic compounds, the Food and Drug Administration is nearing a decision on a novel treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder that pairs talk therapy with MDMA.
- 8.1.2024
- Blog
My 3rd Re-Birthday: 10 Integration Techniques I Still Practice Daily
Three years ago, on July 31st, 2021 I would sit up out of a bed in Mexico and my life would be changed in the most positive way. Thanks to VETS, I was able to receive a Foundational Healing Grant for psychedelic-assisted therapy treatment with ibogaine and 5MeO-DMT.
- 7.16.2024
- News
- Press Releases
Press Release: VETS Applauds California Legislature for Expediting Passage of Bill to Resume Psychedelic Research
AB 2841, authored by Assemblymember Marie Waldron (R-Escondido) and co-authored by Senators Allen (D-Los Angeles) and Wiener (D-San Francisco), will allow the RAPC, a state advisory board in the California Attorney General’s Office, to meet in closed session to review and approve confidential scientific and medical research proposals involving cannabis, psychedelics, or the treatment of substance use disorders.
- 7.10.2024
- News
The Economist: Mexico has become a testing ground for psychedelic therapies
Many of those turning to psychedelics are former soldiers. Martín Polanco, a doctor who runs The Mission Within near Tijuana, says he has treated 1,000 veterans with ibogaine since 2016 (researchers do not classify ibogaine as a psychedelic, but it provides some of the same effects).
- 7.10.2024
- News
The San Diego Union-Tribune: Michael Smolens: Psychedelic therapy legislation fails again
Key lawmaker says treatment may eventually provide "significant mental health benefits" but suggests the proposal needs more work.