North Carolina has the opportunity to “lead the nation” in expanding access to psychedelic medicine for military veterans suffering from major mental health conditions, a Republican state senator says.
At an event organized by Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions (VETS) and the North Carolina Psychedelic Policy Coalition, Sen. Bob Brinson (R) and Rep. Eric Ager (D) discussed psychedelics reform following a screening of a documentary, In Waves and War, that followed three Navy SEALs who had life-changing experiences with plant medicine after serving missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In North Carolina, with its significant veteran population, “we have the people that are here and the retirees that are here that—if we can figure out how to establish it—we can lead the nation in this concept,” Brinson said. “It’s a matter of figuring out how.”
The senator said that he was educated on the issue after hearing directly from veterans who visited him and shared their own experiences with psychedelic therapy.
“You can delete an email, you can delete a voicemail—but if you’re in in front of my face, telling me your story, I can’t deny that,” he said. “And so you didn’t have to convince
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