Art Installation Near White House Urges FDA To Approve MDMA-Assisted Therapy For Veterans As Decision Time Looms
Close to the White House in Lafayette Park, 17 pairs of Army boots form a solemn row. These boots represent a tragic statistic from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: every day an average of at least 17 military veterans die by suicide.
Advocacy Groups Urge FDA To Approve Psychedelic Therapy
This powerful installation is part of a campaign by Healing Breakthrough and Heroic Hearts Project to advocate for the approval of psychedelic-assisted therapy for treating PTSD in veterans. The groups are urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to greenlight this therapy when it makes its decision on August 11.
Jesse Gould, an Army Ranger veteran and head of the Heroic Hearts Project, highlighted the stigma surrounding psychedelics. “Unfortunately, …