News Biden Administration Plans for Legal Psychedelic Therapies Within Two Years

[Jabberwocky]

Biden Administration Plans for Legal Psychedelic Therapies Within Two Years​

Mattha Busby
The Intercept
26 Jul 2022

Excerpt:

As twin mental health and drug misuse crises kill thousands of people per week, the potential of psychedelic-assisted therapies “must be explored,” urges a federal letter on behalf of the U.S. health secretary and shared with The Intercept.

President Joe Biden’s administration “anticipates” that regulators will approve MDMA and psilocybin within the next two years for designated breakthrough therapies for PTSD and depression, respectively. The administration is “exploring the prospect of establishing a federal task force to monitor” the emerging psychedelic treatment ecosystem, according to the letter sent by Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Miriam Delphin-Rittmon to Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa.

 

[Jabberwocky]

I guess 'within 2 years' means by the end of his term. I'm not going to hold my breath, Democrats are prone to broken promises made in the name of political favor and gaining votes. Remember when Obama talked about legalizing weed or decriminalizing it federally? Never happened after 8 years.

 

[arrall]

This is the FDA and MDMA has almost finished going through the motions over the past decade or so, so it seems far more likely than when Obama promised to legalize cannabis.

But the FDA has also spent a year delaying AXS-05 for no reason.

So I’ll believe it when I see it.