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A Republican congressman who is a military veteran says undergoing psychedelic-assisted treatment with ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT \u201cchanged my life\u201d and was \u201cone of the greatest things that ever happened to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
At a press briefing outside of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, several GOP lawmakers and military veterans discussed a newly introduced bill to create a $75 million federal grant program to support research into the therapeutic potential of psychedelics<\/a> for certain health conditions among active duty military service members.<\/p>\n Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) is leading that bipartisan legislation, titled the \u201cDouglas \u2018Mike\u2019 Day Psychedelic Therapy to Save Lives Act of 2023,\u201d honoring a former Navy SEAL and Silver Star recipient who died in March. The congressman is also renewing his call for reform through a separate must-pass defense measure.<\/p>\n But one of the most stunning revelations from Wednesday\u2019s event came from Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), who discussed his struggles after returning from combat and the effects it had on his personal relationships. After researching psychedelic therapy and receiving advice from people he trusted, he said he went to another country to seek the treatment, which he described as \u201chorrific\u201d but profoundly impactful after all other traditional therapies had failed.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you find yourself in a place that you were lost, and no other modalities have worked, this could possibly be that tool,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I can honestly stand in front of all of you and the American public and say I was reborn. This changed my life. It saved my marriage. It is one of the greatest things that ever happened to me.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf you find yourself where nothing else is working, this could be the way,\u201d he said. \u201cIt allows you a reset\u2014a clean slate.\u201d<\/p>\n Crenshaw, a military veteran himself who lost an eye due to an IED explosion in Afghanistan in 2012, said that he continues to push for this issue each year \u201cbecause it works.\u201d<\/p>\n The use of psychedelic therapy among veterans he knows \u201cturned them away from suicide, it saved their marriage and rescued their families and pulled them out of the depths of despair,\u201d Crenshaw said.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m tired of veterans having to come up here and spill their guts themselves and tell us about their stories and their troubles,\u201d he said. \u201cThey shouldn\u2019t have to tell us anymore. We should just do something about it. That\u2019s what this is about.\u201d<\/p>\n I\u2019m live now unveiling the Douglas \u2018Mike\u2019 Day Psychedelic Therapy To Save Lives Act: https:\/\/t.co\/LxuJeHAOoA<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/qpkKuTkKE5<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Rep. Dan Crenshaw (@RepDanCrenshaw) June 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n Rep. Jack Bergman (R-MI) echoed that point, saying that \u201d if we\u2019re gonna get anything done in Washington, D.C., or anywhere else for that matter, someone\u2019s got to step up and take the lead.\u201d<\/p>\n He thanked the veterans who shared their stories and Crenshaw for sponsoring the bill. He said that it \u201csupports the overall efforts to study breakthrough therapies in psychedelic-assisted therapies.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve got our work cut out for us. To my colleagues in the House, vote for the bill. For those of you who are on Appropriations, appropriate the money asked for this year to get the research going at the federal level,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd number three, authorize it so that we as a Congress can let the medical community do what it does best, which is research in an open way\u2014without bias, without discrimination\u2014and let\u2019s begin to help in a positive way, not just talk about.\u201d<\/p>\n Crenshaw\u2019s bill, filed late last month, would direct the defense secretary to establish the grant program, funding phase two clinical trails into psilocybin, ibogaine, MDMA and 5\u2013MeO\u2013DMT, with a focus on exploring treatment applications for conditions including post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.<\/p>\n The grants could also be used to \u201ctrain practitioners to provide treatment to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty for covered conditions using covered psychedelic substances.\u201d<\/p>\n I\u2019m proud to be a cosponsor of the Douglas \u2018Mike\u2019 Day Psychedelic Therapy to Save Lives Act.<\/p>\n It is a pathway forward that gives us the chance to save the lives of those that so graciously served our country.<\/p>\n More details\n
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