W. Bryan Hubbard

Train by day, Joe Rogan Podcast by night, all day.

Taking off.

Tell them where we're at.

All right.

Well, the last time we came to visit with you, I believe, was on December the 27th of 2024.

We were just on the front end of having organized 30 committed Texans whose own families had had experiences related to trauma, addiction, alcoholism, and the wounds of war, who, after hearing a plan that was developed for the state of Kentucky to bring Ibogaine to the American people as an FDA-approved medication and breakthrough treatment for addiction and trauma,

committed themselves to using their time, their talent, and their network to achieve what had never been done before, and that was to convince an individual state to undertake drug development to create a therapeutic medical breakthrough for public health crises within its borders that are representative of the national reality.

After you released the interview with us on January 2nd, 2025, we pursued a five and a half month blistering campaign to convince 188 blank slate Texas legislators to fund the single largest psychedelic research and medical development project in history, that being the $50 million Texas Advocate Initiative.

We had the assistance of some in-state allies, one of which was Texans for Greater Mental Health, led by a dear friend and brother of mine, Logan Davidson, who was my right hand, going to meet with legislators continuously while I set up shop at a hotel here in Halston and lived here just about part-time, wearing the shoe leather off, sweating, and making sure that everybody who needed to be introduced, educated, and motivated to get behind this would do so.

At the end of this five and a half months, we secured the votes of yes of 181 out of 188 legislators between the Texas House of Representatives and State Senate.

There was one individual who we had to persuade at the 11th hour to get behind this project.

On May the 14th, 2025, just 36 hours before the Texas budget was finalized, this bill that would create the first unified FDA drug development trial with Ibogaine in U.S.

history was not funded.

I woke up that morning and I believe very much in keeping your prayers in the closet, as Jesus taught, and not getting out there parading about it.

But on that morning, I got a call and it was, hey, we're getting to the 11th hour.

We don't have money to secure this.

It may not make it.

We've done everything that we can.

And I just, I literally got down on my hands and knees and said, God, please let this happen.

And if it cannot happen, help me understand why.