Texas Mulls Psychedelic Treatments to Combat Veteran Suicide Epidemic

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Amidst an epidemic of veteran suicides, Texas is mulling a bill to study the effects of psychedelics on PTSD

After trying a psychedelic, one veteran told lawmakers it gave him a sense of "fulfillment and validation." For @CourthouseNews:

Texas Mulls Psychedelic Treatments to Combat Veteran Suicide Epidemic
Some veterans who took psychedelic drugs after finding no relief from prescribed medications say it changed their lives.
courthousenews.com
10:46 AM · May 14, 2021

https://www.courthousenews.com/texas-mulls-psychedelic-treatments-to-combat-veteran-suicide-epidemic/

(CN) — When Andrew Marr left the military in 2015, he no longer felt like the person he was before service. A former college athlete and self-described “warrior,” he suffered from a range of new health issues, including frequent panic attacks.

Veterans Affairs doctors put him on more than a dozen medications. Marr said he saw “zero benefit.”

“I was of no value to my family, myself or anyone around me,” he said in an interview.

The VA labeled him “100% disabled.” He says he improved as he weaned himself off prescriptions, but he worried about unresolved psychological issues. Hearing reports of veterans medicating with psychedelics, he started researching the topic.

In 2016, while on a trip to San Diego, Marr tried 5-MeO-DMT, a federally illegal psychedelic. “It was the most profound experience of my life,” he said. He found a sense of closure around painful moments, including the death of a good friend and fellow veteran.

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1. I "highly" recommend this treatment.

First time trippers should have a good environment and maybe a guide.
Not a clinical setting with doctors looking at you and asking questions.