RFK Jr Pledges to Increased Access for Cannabis and Psychedelics
RFK-Jr. I'm starting to like this guy. Not sure about all his theories but I think he is on the right side of this issue. - JG
Sharing highlights of this article from The Guardian via 420 Magazine
Kennedy, who the president-elect picked earlier this month, has repeatedly expressed distrust for pharmaceuticals, and criticized the FDA for its “aggressive suppression of psychedelics”. On his podcast, he called the US “the sickest country in the world”. He blames the healthcare system for devoting billions to “the pills and the potions and the powders rather than on actually getting people healthy, building their immune systems”.
During his campaign, RFK Jr repeatedly villainized Adderall and SSRIs. Kennedy claimed that, if elected, he would legalize cannabis and use the tax revenue to create “wellness farms” where “we’re going to repair people” with addiction.
RFK Jr and Elon Musk - Move Fast, Break Things
Much of RFK Jr's rhetoric on psychedelics and the pharmaceutical industry echoes that of Elon Musk’s, who Trump has also tapped to join his cabinet. Devenot thinks that Kennedy is heavily influenced by Silicon Valley’s “move fast, break things” ethos around psychedelics – which Musk and others in the tech industry claim are superior to traditional mental health treatments.
Both Devenot and Ramachandran believe psychedelic therapies do have potential – but need more rigorous research.
Devenot can see why it’s appealing to think that psychedelics could be a “miracle solution” for all mental health ills, if only men like RFK Jr and Musk could get the FDA out of the way.
“It’s a very reductive way of looking at mental health,” Devenot said, “the reality is a lot more complicated.”
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