Sensible policy on psychedelic drugs is growing more common
They show tremendous potential in treating certain mental-health disorders
CHAD KUSKE was a Navy SEAL for 18 years. When he retired, he found himself “struggling with depression, substance abuse and anger”. Various treatments had failed, until another ex-SEAL suggested psilocybin, the consciousness-altering compound in “magic mushrooms”. “It basically changed my life forever,” Mr Kuske says. “I realised that I’d been living in my own personal hell and I was keeping myself there by my own choices and I had the power to change that.”
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Turn on, tune in”
United States January 29th 2022
- Justice Stephen Breyer retires after almost 28 years on the Supreme Court
- Eric Adams unveils his blueprint to help New York tackle violence
- Claims of insider trading in Washington spur efforts to stop it
- A ballot fight over sports gambling in California has high stakes
- America’s elected coroners are too often a public-health liability
- Sensible policy on psychedelic drugs is growing more common
- Environmental justice in the balance
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