00:00Today I'm pleased to announce historic reforms to dramatically accelerate access to new medical research and treatments based on psychedelic
00:09drugs.
00:09In many cases, these experimental treatments have shown life-changing potential for those suffering from severe mental illness and depression,
00:18including our cherished veterans.
00:20Our veterans are having a tremendous hard time. You know, the suicide rate, we have it down a little bit,
00:26but they are having a hard time.
00:28And I got a call from a number of people, including the great Joe Rogan, and he said, we have
00:33to do something about this.
00:34And I looked into it. I called Bobby. I called Oz. I called Marty and Jay. And it was really,
00:42it was uniform support.
00:44And I said, so why would we wait three or four years to get it done? Or 10 years, frankly.
00:51Let's get it done immediately.
00:52And that's what happened. This has probably never been anything happened so quickly.
00:56Everybody is so strongly in favor of this. It's for a lot of people, but it's for our military in
01:01particular.
01:02The suicide epidemic among veterans is a national tragedy. Since 9-11, we've lost over 21 times more veteran lives
01:11to suicide than on the battlefield.
01:13So we lose, think of that, 21 times more. And today we're bringing them new hope.
01:20I think you're going to see a big difference and a big reduction in that number.
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