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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

Trump rolls out Joe Rogan for White House psychedelics announcement and jokes he’d like some meds for anxiety

President Donald Trump cracked a joke about wanting to take a psychedelic during a White House event touting the benefits of the drugs.

The president made the remark at a Saturday morning event in the Oval Office, where he signed an executive order to “accelerate medical treatments for serious mental illness,” including the therapeutic benefits of LSD, psilocybin, ecstasy, and other psychedelics.

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