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We have a really good podcast for you today because we're going to talk about all

of these drugs that are being legalized, cannabis, psychedelics, all of the stuff.

You saw this discussion in the Oval Office the other day.

And what does it actually mean?

And truly, are we really prepared for this? Does everybody really know what happens when you take these drugs? Because they're not exactly monitored. Like, cannabis is not really monitored. So we brought Dr. Joseph back. You remember Dr. Joseph, Dr. Joseph Whit During. Thank you so much for coming back to talk about this. The last time you were here, we were talking SSRIs.

I think there's still kind of a message about SSRIs with these medications. But I just want to kind of jump in and what this all means to have these things be legalized and what the dangers are.

So for my, well, Judith, thank you so much for having me back again.

I'm really excited to be here.

The issue with the psychedelics, I'm actually going to come at it with a positive spin

and then a warning for people as well.

Okay.

So we're ready.

The positive spin on the psychedelics and the executive order essentially to speed up the approval

of these medications.

The reason that I like this is because right now our current mental health care system

does not work.

You know it, I know it, people see it, they go in, they see their doctors, they get seven minutes of face time, they get a script, there's no time to work on non-drug interventions, they just adjust the dose up and down. And that's why we've seen the suicide rate go up 40% over the last 20 years. It does not work. Why I like psychedelics is it is a different model than just putting people on SSRIs,

which essentially just mask their symptoms. When you take a psychedelic, the way it's supposed to be

done is you work with a therapist, you set your intentions, maybe you had a very traumatic

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