Matt Damon
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I mean there's some therapies that they can do now.
They do โ and Knoxville did some of it like this magnetic therapy that they do that re-stimulates neuron growth and โ
And oddly enough, mushrooms like psilocybin has been shown to regenerate.
Well, probably always have.
Yeah, right.
Well, one of the things that's opening the doors for them to acknowledge it is soldiers because it's always been kind of like a left-wing thing to be into psychedelics.
But all these soldiers are coming back with PTSD and drug addiction and a lot of CTE from โ
Bombs blowing up and IEDs and concussions.
And the only thing that's helping them is psychedelics.
So it's kind of like in Texas, former Governor Rick Perry has started the Ibogaine Initiative.
So they're using Ibogaine to help all of these different soldiers, which is ironically โ
the drug that Hunter S. Thompson claimed Ed Muskie was on when he was running for president.
Oh, really?
Yeah, remember when he sank Ed Muskie?
What is Ibogaine?
It's from the aboga tree, and it is a psychedelic that is in no way recreational.
It is a very difficult experience.
It's not fun for anybody.
It's like a 24-hour trip.