Joe Rogan expresses optimism about RFK Jr. paving way for psychedelic therapy for veterans: "The best way to start it off"

Joe Rogan discussed the possibility of psychedelic therapy being made available to United States Army veterans. In recent years, there has been a troubling rise in suicide among veterans, coupled with their struggles to lead normal lives due to physical and mental health issues. Moreover, the reliance on prescription drugs has exacerbated these challenges.

While alternate treatment methods, such as Ibogaine-assisted therapies, have proven to be highly effective, they remain illegal in the United States. In a recent episode of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast that aired on Dec. 11, Rogan and Rick Strassman addressed this issue. They emphasized that these therapies cold be legalized in the country, particularly if Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) is appointed to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Rogan said:

"Which, I think, is the best way to start it off because they're the most deserving of it, they're the people we ask of the most and there's been a lot of people that have had some pretty profound changes take place because of psychedelic experiences."

Check out Joe Rogan's comments below (1:44:55):

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Rick Strassman talks with Joe Rogan about the necessary protocols for conducting psychedelic therapy

In the aforementioned episode of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Rick Strassman explained the necessary protocols that must be followed to ensure that psychedelic therapies are put to use in the right manner. He said:

"I think it's going to need to be scaled up and what that scaling up looks like, still isn't really worked out. I think they should develop special clinics where you wouoldn't actually be doing research and you wouldn't need incredibly strong data to justify that kind of treatment. You would just need an indication that was helpful." [1:45:20]

He added:

"You need to have a specialized therapist, pure drug... It wouldn't be a Schedule 1 kind of restrictive research but it wouldn't be just a wild-west 'anybody and anything goes'... I think there needs to be some kind of middle institutional development where a lot of people can go who would benefit from psychedelic-assisted therapy." [1:45:45]

Psychoactive alkaloids like Ibogaine, which is one of the substances that have therapeutic use, are classified as Schedule 1 controlled substances in the United States. As a result, its use for any treatment is strictly prohibited.

While Rogan seems optimistic about the scenario during Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s tenure, his appointment as the head of the Department of Health and Human Services has been controversial due to his critical opinion of vaccines, among other controversial statements.