Stressing that about 6,000 American veterans commit suicide each year, at a rate double that of the general population, the text orders the American medicine agency, the FDA, to expedite the review of certain substances to ultimately facilitate their use by patients.
Limited Access
In the United States, as in many countries, access to these substances is extremely limited, if not completely prohibited, because they are classified as addictive, which the American president and his government want to gradually change.
Veterans, including former special forces, have been advocating for years to facilitate access to some of these psychedelic substances to treat their post-traumatic stress, despite their label as a symbol of hippie counterculture.
Many claim that the cocktails of antidepressants prescribed to them are ineffective, and some have gone to Mexico, where psychedelics are allowed, to benefit from them.
Donald Trump stated on Saturday morning that he was pushed to issue this decree by Joe Rogan, a very influential conservative podcaster who was present behind him in the Oval Office at the White House.
One of the substances mentioned in Saturday’s decree is ibogaine, extracted from a shrub in the African equatorial forest. Donald Trump claimed on Saturday that patients who used it saw an 80 to 90% reduction in their depression and anxiety symptoms in a month, jokingly adding, “Can I have some, please?”
However, this substance carries risks, particularly related to the heart.
