The hugely popular, politically eclectic podcaster Joe Rogan, who endorsed Donald Trump in the 2024 election, says he recently sent the president information about ibogaine, a psychedelic whose boosters portray it as an astonishingly effective treatment for addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and other psychological problems. "The text message came back," Rogan said on Saturday as Trump signed an executive order aimed at "accelerating medical treatments for serious mental illness." According to Rogan, Trump replied: "Sounds great. Do you want FDA approval? Let's do it."
Trump's order may or may not result in ibogaine's approval as a psychotherapeutic catalyst. But it instructs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to facilitate that goal by streamlining the review process for "appropriate psychedelic drugs," including ibogaine, and providing "at leasty $50 million from existing funds" to state programs investigating their potential. The FDA also is supposed to collaborate with the Department of Veterans Affairs on clinical trials.
