This chapter explores the efforts of an advocate dedicated to promoting MDMA as a treatment for PTSD, emphasizing the stigma surrounding psychedelics and the need for reframing public perception. It also addresses the disconnect in policies prioritizing recreational over medical use and critiques the exploitation of veteran experiences in the broader legalization discourse.
Military veterans are unlikely collaborators with the psychedelic counterculture. The two groups’ efforts are being tested this month, when the FDA is poised to announce whether or not it’ll approve MDMA for PTSD.
This episode was reported and produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Lissa Soep and Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Rob Byers, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. It’s the second in a series supported with a grant from the Ferriss–UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship.
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