President Biden’s younger brother Frank revealed Wednesday that he has spoken to him about using psychedelic drugs to treat addiction and that Biden is “very open-minded” about it.
He went on to describe how the federal government “looked deeply into the application of psychedelics for the treatment of addiction” in the 1950s and had “magnificent success” and that his own research on the subject has led him to hold a “personal belief” that “psychedelic can be considered a medicine.”
Smerconish probed Frank as to whether he’s had conversations with the president on the subject, which the first brother said that he has. Frank Biden told Michael Smerconish, host of SiriusXM’s “The Michael Smerconish Program,” that his battle with alcoholism led him to explore psychedelics.When Smerconish argued that he believes “addiction has driven many of the current event issues that surround your family,” Biden responded, “You got that right.
In 1988, the same year his son Hunter was arrested for drug possession, Biden voted for the Anti-Drug Abuse Act, which targeted the use of crack cocaine, making it the only narcotic with a mandatory penalty for possession. In 1988, the same year his son Hunter was arrested for drug possession, Biden voted for the Anti-Drug Abuse Act, which targeted the use of crack cocaine, making it the only narcotic with a mandatory penalty for possession.on a campaign pledge to free everyone in prison for marijuana possession, noting that his Oct. 6, 2022, mass pardon of about 6,500 people charged federally with pot possession didn’t free any of the roughly 2,700 people in federal prison for marijuana dealing.
Scandal-ridden first son Hunter Biden infamously struggled with years-long alcohol and crack cocaine addiction that cost him thousands of dollars.to let him use his credit card points to pay for a stay in rehab.Share this article:
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