Cerebral is an online mental health th company. After launching two short years ago, january 20 20, has exploded to a five billion dollar valuation. It's one the fastest growing mental health companies on line today. But there is a but a controversy over their prescriptions of controlled substances,. And particular, aero stimulants to treat a d h d he.
The mental health startup Cerebral benefited from pandemic-era changes to federal telehealth laws. But its easy-to-get prescriptions for tightly regulated stimulants — heavily promoted on social media — have sparked a Department of Justice investigation.
This episode was produced by Tori Dominguez, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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