In our society one thing that we haven't done a good job of doing is teaching people

That there is value in pain that you can grow from it. You can strengthen from it.

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Welcome to Outstanding, where we have critical conversations about the news of the day and the ideas that shape us.

Once again, I'm your host Joseph Backhorn, encouraging you to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ and that's what we do here on

outstanding about a variety of stories and issues and subjects that we find

ourselves having to deal with in the world we live in. Today we're going to figure out how to

think Christianly about psychedelics. America's mental health crisis is well documented.

We are currently experiencing,

and in recent years,

experienced historically high rates of suicide,

driven by historically high rates of suicide, driven by historically high rates of loneliness and depression.

All of this, of course, is a problem.

Today, a growing number of people have pointed to psychedelics as a potential

solution to that problem or at least part of the solution to that problem. In addition

veterans have been telling stories of serious PTSD that has been cured for them by

psychedelics and we all hear their stories and it's like we want you to be happy we don't want you to experience PTSD so yes let's do the thing that you think will help you.

And meanwhile media narratives are also working to break down social stigmas.

And legislation is currently being debated around the country that would make psychedelics more accessible for medicinal purposes.

Is this a good way to make people in America happier, or is it a trap? Joining me today to discuss this is

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