President Joe Biden’s brother Frank said in a radio interview Wednesday that the president is “very tolerant” of psychedelic use, especially as a form of treatment for addiction.
Frank Biden during a telephone interview with Sirius XM Radio’s Michael Smerkonish expanded Concerning the moderator’s proposed discussion on The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) piece The title is “Magic Mushroom”. LSD. ketamine. The drug that powers Silicon Valley. ”
“He’s very open-minded,” said Frank Biden of the president. “The question is, is the world and the United States ready for this? But just as important is acknowledging the fact that we are all the same people and we are all the same.
Frank Biden, a longtime recovering alcoholic, told the host that his addiction fueled his interest in the subject.
I hope @ Potas It will say so for the record: Biden’s brother says president is ‘very tolerant’ of therapeutic psychedelics https://t.co/OViDldFR39
— Michael Smerconish (@smerconish) June 29, 2023
Kirstin Grind and Catherine Findley, in a WSJ article, cited Elon Musk’s alleged use of ketamine for depression and the normalization of everyday drug use in Silicon Valley’s corporate culture. reported that Mr. Musk himself joined the discussion, Tweet He believes in the “zombifying” effects of antidepressants, and said that “ketamine is a better option” after witnessing it from a friend. (Related: Study Shows Psychedelics Are More Effective And Act Faster Than Antidepressants)
“In the 1950s, the federal government was seriously considering applying psychedelics to treat addiction. They had great success,” Frank Biden told Smerkonish.
Biden further explained that the use of psychedelics allowed the subjects to detach themselves from the underlying trauma causing their addiction. He also told Smerkonish that he distinguishes between recreational and medical uses of psychedelics and favors the latter.
Biden argued that the only reason psychedelic drugs were not widely accepted as a treatment option was because they were widely used for recreational purposes in the same way that psychedelic drugs were in clinical application in the 1960s, and psychedelic drug use He claimed that this was due to the “innate prejudices” surrounding
