Georgia senators are exploring psychedelics therapy as a potential alternative treatment for military veterans as part of a special committee assignment.
The Senate Study Committee on Veterans’ Mental Health and Housing held a hearing on Tuesday to take testimony from experts on the efficacy of substances such as psilocybin and MDMA to treat severe mental health conditions that often afflict the veteran community, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Representatives of the psychedelics-focused organizations Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions (VETS) and Reason for Hope were among those who testified before the panel, which was established under a resolution enacted earlier this year with a mandate to examine homelessness and veterans-related issues.
“I’d like to thank you for considering this important initiative. It’s critically important,” VETS co-founder Marcus Capone, who served 13 years as a Navy Seal, told the committee. “We hope you know your efforts will educate other members of legislature about the important research that can be done in in Georgia and the acute need to expand access to these life saving therapies.”
“Our mission is to end veteran suicide, and together we can do that,” he said.
Sen. Josh McLaurin (D) said that there’s “hard evidence” that psychedelic-assisted therapy works
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