Trump’s health department pick has expressed distrust of pharmaceuticals and attacked ‘suppression of psychedelics’
As HHS secretary, Kennedy would have ‘quite a bit of power’ to upend the healthcare system, physician and Yale director Reshma Ramachandran said.As HHS secretary, Kennedy would have ‘quite a bit of power’ to upend the healthcare system, physician and Yale director Reshma Ramachandran said.Public health experts are concerned that, if confirmed, Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services –for its “aggressive suppression of psychedelics”.
But, like Trump’s other cabinet picks, Kennedy has expressed a conspiratorial mistrust for the agency he’s nominated to run. Matt Gaetz, who had been tapped to become attorney general beforethat Kennedy’s confirmation would be disastrous for public health, citing a 2023 interview when “he told us with full conviction that all America’s chronic health problems began in one year in the 1980s.”, says that Kennedy’s theories are “tricky”, because they often contain a mix of truth and conspiracy.
As HHS secretary, Kennedy would have “quite a bit of power” to upend the healthcare system, says Ramachandran..” Ramachandran explained that Kennedy would face legal challenges if he attempted to change the legal status of Adderall, for example, but that he is an expert in liability law and theoretically, he could do it.Lykos Therapeutics’ MDMA assisted therapy for PTSD. Lykos hid adverse affects, including suicide attempts, in their clinical trial results.
Both Devenot and Ramachandran believe psychedelic therapies do have potential – but need more rigorous research.
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