Veterans Benefit from Psychedelics

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Healing, spiritual purposes drive many veterans’ use of psychedelics

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Most U.S. military veterans who have used psychedelics reported pursuing the substances for healing or spiritual exploration.

85% of veterans report they benefited from the experiences even those who had challenging outcomes.

The most commonly reported reasons for use were healing or treatment ( 69% ), spiritual exploration ( 47.5% ) or recreation ( 38.7% ).

This work was supported by private donors, the Cammack Family Gift Fund , the Center for Psychedelic Psychotherapy and Trauma Research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai .

Additional co-authors were Nathan Sepeda , Adam Levin and Stacey Armstrong of Ohio State .

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