Just say yes to psychedelics research

About this episode

The episode discusses President Trump's executive order supporting research into psychedelic drugs for mental health treatments.

President Trump has signed an executive order in support of research into whether psychedelic drugs could be used in mental health treatments.

People in this episode

Host: Brian Lehrer

Topics covered

• psychedelics
• mental health
• research
• executive order
• drug policy

Keywords

• psychedelics
• mental health
• research
• President Trump
• executive order

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WNYC Studios, psychedelic drugs

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