If you don’t like Robert F. Kennedy setting national health policy, how do you feel about Joe Rogan? The question is a serious one that deserves a serious answer, given what transpired when Rogan showed up in the Oval Office ….
He was there to watch President Donald Trump sign an executive order promoting psychedelic drugs as a treatment for mental illness, a cause that Rogan has long championed. But it turned out the podcast host wasn’t just another invited guest. He was the one who had prompted Trump to act.
“I sent him that information,” Rogan said, revealing he’d texted the president about the ways psychedelics might help with conditions like depression and PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). “The text message came back, ‘Sounds great. Do you want FDA approval? Let’s do it.’ It was literally that quick.”
This does not appear to be an exaggeration.
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The executive order … instructs the Food and Drug Administration to give psychedelic manufacturers so-called priority vouchers that expedite reviews. This provision is setting off alarm bells because it suggests the president is doing an end-run around the FDA’s normal scientific processes ….
