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Psychedelic Therapy Crashed and Burned. MAHA Might Bring It Back
Abuse allegations and infighting helped kill a campaign to legalize MDMA for medical use. Trumpworld is giving the therapy’s advocates hope for a second shot.
Casey Means, Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, has spoken of the benefits of psilocybin-assisted therapy, claiming that psychedelic mushrooms helped her find love and made her feel like “part of an infinite and unbroken series of cosmic nesting dolls.” The group commissioned a PR firm, which pitched journalists on the story of a “small watchdog organization that stopped a billionaire-funded company, Lykos Therapeutics, from getting their unscientific and flawed MDMA therapy model approved by the FDA.” Last fall, Devenot posted a picture on Substack of them posing in front of an FDA flag, with the caption “My Everest.” In March, Lykos received additional support from Gracias and Sir Christopher Hohn, a British hedge fund manager and philanthropist who has been described by The New York Times as “one of Europe’s most feared activist investors.” A seasoned pharma executive, Michael Burke, is stepping in as the company’s new CEO.
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