The VA Just Bet on Psychedelics for PTSD. As a Combat Veteran, Here’s What I Actually Want to Know.
A new HHS-VA partnership will fast-track research into psychedelic-assisted therapy for PTSD, potentially reaching over a million veterans. Marcus Hart, a combat veteran, weighs the promise against the questions the announcement doesn’t answer.
The VA and HHS Just Announced a Psychedelic Therapy Partnership for Veterans. Black Veterans Should Read the Fine Print.
A new federal partnership will fast-track research into psychedelic treatments for veteran PTSD. That’s genuinely promising — and it lands on top of a documented racial gap in care that no new drug pipeline fixes by itself.
Washington Just Fast-Tracked Psychedelic Therapy for Veterans. Black Vets Should Read the Fine Print.
HHS and the VA signed a five-year deal to prepare for FDA-approved psychedelic treatments for veteran PTSD. Marcus Hart on why this could be real progress — and why access equity has to be built in now, not bolted on later.