[1]Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress



Legislation that Alexandria has been pushing for 4 years just passed the
House! ^1

This legislation would allow research on the use of psychedelics to treat
PTSD, depression, and other mental illnesses. This research has
historically been restricted due to stigma around psychedelics, despite
many early clinical trials showing good therapeutic results.

In one trial, 68 percent of combat veterans and first responders with
chronic PTSD who had not been previously helped by other methods saw such
a dramatic decrease in symptoms that they no longer met the clinical
criteria for PTSD.

[ [link removed] ]Now, Alexandria needs your help to fight to ensure that this
legislation passes the Senate. Will you call your Senators right now and
ask them to support the provision in the NDAA that will allow medical
research on psychedelics?

[ [link removed] ]Call Now →

When Alexandria first introduced an amendment to allow for research on
psychedelics in 2019, another Member laughed about it and called it her
“little shrooms bill.”

That didn’t deter Alexandria from continuing to push for change. Lawmakers
were flooded by calls from veterans and others who knew how important
finding treatments for PTSD was. Now, just four years later, our ‘little
shrooms’ legislation passed the House with bipartisan support.

Developing new therapies for PTSD is so important. At least one in two
PTSD patients cannot tolerate or do not respond adequately to existing
treatments. Psychedelics also pose a much lower risk of addiction or
overdose than many of the drugs currently on the market to treat
depression and other mental illnesses.

Now, the next step in this important fight is for the legislation to pass
the Senate. [ [link removed] ]If you care about this issue please call your Senator right
now and ask them to support research on psychedelics.

[ [link removed] ]Call Now →

In solidarity,

Team AOC

 

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