Trump surgeon general pick praised unproven psychedelic therapy, said mushrooms helped her find love
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President Donald Trump’s new pick for surgeon general wrote in a recent book that people should consider using unproven psychedelic drugs as therapy and in a newsletter suggested her use of mushrooms helped her find love.

I looked at her Wikipedia page for all of ~15 seconds and I found this gem.

Means has spoken in support of raw milk, stating, “When it comes to a question like raw milk, I want to be free to form a relationship with a local farmer, understand his integrity, look him in the eyes, pet his cow, and then decide if I feel safe to drink the milk from his farm.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Means

  • TankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 day ago

    When paired with talk therapy, it has been studied as a treatment for psychiatric conditions and alcoholism, but very little research has been done in healthy people.

    Little research has been done because it’s a controlled substance.

    It’s a controlled substance because we lack research. 🙃

    And since psilocybin can’t be patented, there is no profit incentive to fund research. Most efficient system.

    Bill Burr credits mushrooms for improving his personality.