How Republicans came to embrace psychedelic drugs

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After taping Joe Rogan’s podcast in late March, former Texas governor Rick Perry (R) and ibogaine advocate W. Bryan Hubbard made an unusual request: “Mr. Rogan, would you be willing to consider asking the president of the United States for a meeting?” Hubbard recalled asking.

They were focused on the illegal psychedelic ibogaine, the extract of an ancient African shrub, which some say can help treat addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Less than three weeks later, Hubbard, the CEO of Americans for Ibogaine, was standing behind President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. The president hailed the drug and announced efforts aimed at accelerating research into it while fast-tracking federal reviews of other psychedelic medicines for mental health conditions.

The short time between Rogan’s appeal to the president and Trump’s executive order last month has buoyed the hopes of those advocating for broader access to the drugs, particularly for military veterans suffering from PTSD and brain trauma. For decades the Republican Party has supported the Nixon-era “war on drugs” approach. But in recent years, some Republicans have begun embracing psychedelics as veterans, who typically have clout with the GOP, pushed the issue.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/republicans-came-embrace-psychedelic-drugs-090000934.html

Given their behavior over the last several years it seems they're all on them.

[C_U_L8R]

1. You gotta be tripping to believe some of the stuff they do.

But maybe they’re just dumb.

[Johnny2X2X]

2. The Right likes to jump the gun, on everything

They don't understand the scientific process and how useful scientific consensus is reached.

So they take a few early studies that show promise for Ibogaine and think it's a miracle. We're at the Ibogaine shows promise and deserves more study stage, we're not at the people should use it to self medicate stage. It is dangerous and can cause serious cardiac events, but with further study it could prove safe and effective.

It could be a great tool, we don't know yet, and if it does end up being a tool it will still need to be overseen by doctors and a lot of people might not be able to handle it physically or mentally.

[Johonny]

3. They would be very happy in the Chinese model

Modern medicine for the elite, and historical herbal cures for the masses.

When you plan to gut public health, you need something to pretend with.