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Strange trip: why Trump is backing psychedelics

Strange trip: why Trump is backing psychedelics

Science Weekly vor 5 Monaten

Madeleine Finlay talks to journalist Mattha Busby about the US president’s recent executive order fast tracking research and funding for psychedelic research

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Last month President Trump signed an executive order designed to
fast track both research and access to psychedelic drugs as
treatments for mental health illnesses. The most prominent in the
order was ibogaine, a drug derived from the root bark of a West
African shrub, that has shown some promise in relieving the long
term effects of traumatic brain injury. Madeleine Finlay talks to
journalist Mattha Busby about podcaster Joe Rogan’s role in the
story, what else is behind the President’s interest in psychedelic
research, and what the order will change in practice for scientists
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