Vivek Ramaswamy, Republican presidential candidate who famously stated he didn’t approve of Ohio’s hashish initititive final week regardless of expressing assist for federal legalization, is now saying that if elected he’ll take away federal restrictions on marijuana and psychedelics. He says he needs to take a “a holistic method” particularly to assist veterans throughout and after their time in service.
“As President, I’ll take a holistic method to make sure Veterans obtain the care they should stay lengthy, flourishing lives — beginning throughout their service and persevering with within the many years that comply with,” in response to Ramaswamy’s plan, which his marketing campaign launched on Veterans Day in New Hampshire.
Veteran Suicides
“In the present day, over 20 (and by some estimates, 40+) veterans die by suicide per day. That is unsuitable & un-American,” Ramaswamy stated on Twitter/X. “I assist decriminalizing ayahuasca & ketamine for veterans affected by PTSD, to forestall the epidemic of fentanyl & suicide.”
The 37-year-old biotech multimillionaire stated he would “de-schedule schedule 1 drug restrictions that stand in the way in which of Veterans with PTSD having fun with entry to substances that may help of their remedy and restoration: marijuana, ayahuasca/DMT [Dimethyltryptamine], and MDMA [methylenedioxymethamphetamine]” in response to Ramaswamy’s plan his marketing campaign shared with Breitbart.
The plan for helping in-service veterans consists of creating “two-week decompression buffers” via the Division of Protection (DOD) during which service members who had been serving overseas in fight could be ensured that they “are capable of slowly reacclimate to life away from the frontlines.”
Ramaswamy will additionally advocate for the DOD to implement pointers encouraging servicemembers “to report PTSD below privateness protections.” Beneath present pointers, he says too many servicemembers don’t report their PTSD on account of worry of “everlasting red-flags.”
Ramaswamy has stated prior to now that he’s in favor of federal legalization of marijuana and helps decriminalizing ayahuasca & ketamine for veterans.
Talking on Invoice Maher’s Membership Random podcast in August, Ramaswamy stated federal coverage on hashish was a farce. “It’s a joke, it’s a farce,” he stated.
