Missouri’s Republican attorney general says it’s “absolutely appropriate” to make psychedelic therapy available as an alternative treatment option, particularly for military veterans. And he plans to be involved with any program that may be approved by the legislature as it takes up various reform proposals.
In an interview on Navy SEAL veteran Shawn Ryan’s podcast that was released on Wednesday, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) was asked to share his perspective on psychedelic therapy and its potential to help other veterans with serious mental health conditions.
“I think it’s absolutely appropriate that different options be made available and that everyone be able to make their own decisions about which option for treatment best suits their needs and produces the best results,” he said, adding that he expects psychedelics legislation to “move again this session to accomplish exactly that.”
Bailey, an Army veteran himself who served in Iraq, said that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) “has let warriors down, and there have been too many warriors that have not received the treatment they are owed because of bureaucracy and bad decision making and apathy. And we owe those who have served in the global war on terror and
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