The initiative proposed by Hubbard calls for the creation of a public-private partnership to drive research into ibogaine therapy for OUD and to pursue FDA approval. The plan follows a model that is common for medicine development through the National Institute of Health or other federal agencies, but rare at the state level.
In this Gaslighting The Warfighter podcast, Tim Jensen is joined by W. Bryan Hubbard, current Chair and Executive Director of the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission. Together, they delve into a groundbreaking exploration of the Opioid Abatement Commission's visionary approach — delving into the potential of Psychedelics, particularly Ibogaine, to make a transformative impact in Kentucky's battle against opioid overdoses and fatalities.
Today, Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (PA-04) and Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC) introduce the Breakthrough Therapies Act; U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced a companion bill in the Senate. This bipartisan legislation will remove regulatory hurdles that inhibit research and compassionate use access to potentially lifesaving treatments that are heavily restricted by Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.
Although we wish we had never met under these circumstances, we are grateful for each other. We share tough days and good days. We are connected. We are vilomahs.
While opioid prescriptions have been curtailed, overdoses resulting from opioid use disorders continue to increase, with nearly 70,000 Americans dying from opioids in 2020. The death toll continues to be particularly bad among 25 to 44 year-olds.
The actions of Purdue Pharma, the failures of the FDA to protect us, and the willful disregard of the opioid crisis by health care providers and public officials has made our children casualities in a War of Greed.
Any parent will tell you their biggest fear is "something happening to my child." We don't realize it at the time, but what that actually means is "my child dying." I suppose we don't say it because we would have to consider the possibility of it happening and the consideration alone is unbearable. Even now, after something has happened to my child, I can't actually sit in it. Like I really can't imagine myself as someone who lost a child and try to feel what that's like.
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