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As the opioid epidemic continues to grip our nation, claiming lives, destroying families, and burdening communities, it is imperative that we explore every viable solution. Among these potential solutions is a powerful, natural, non-addictive substance known as ibogaine. As voices that have served in political and military capacities, we unite in our appeal to the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission (KYOAAC): Allocate $42 million for ibogaine research.
More than twice as many U.S. service members may have been injured in recent attacks in Iraq and Syria than the Pentagon previously disclosed, U.S. defense officials said on Monday. At least 45 Americans are reporting minor injuries or potential traumatic brain injuries.
Experts and advocates—including a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) official and a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—recently convened for a Harvard University panel to discuss efforts to expand veteran access to psychedelic-assisted therapy. Speakers broadly agreed that psychedelic substances like MDMA and psilocybin hold powerful potential to help treat PTSD and curb suicide rates in service members, but they cautioned against hasty, unsupervised use of psychedelics given the possibility for further harms.
EXCLUSIVE — Nearly two dozen lawmakers expressed concerns about the possibility of U.S. adversaries sneaking into the country via the southern border to the secretaries of defense and homeland security.
The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas secured its 100th formal statement of support from a business, civic or governmental group on Oct. 24 when the Port Arthur City Council passed a resolution supporting the tribe. The first resolution of support was approved in March 2018 by the All Pueblo Council of Governors.
The fentanyl crisis continues to rage across the United States. Families from Alaska to Maine have felt the impact of this crisis driven by a manufactured opioid shake them to their core. Unfortunately, this crisis has reached our service members. In the U.S. Army and Navy, our two largest branches, we’ve learned that fentanyl deaths are on the rise. As a veteran, I recognize firsthand that this is a dangerous threat to our national security and the Biden administration must be held accountable for its policies that have played a central role in the crisis.
On July 14, the House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
The House-passed FY24 NDAA includes a 5.2 percent pay raise for service members; prohibits funding for Critical Race Theory in the military; continues the prohibition on adverse action on any service member that refuses or refused the COVID vaccine while beginning a path back to service; and overall boosts defense spending to provide much-needed funding for our military and national security, as our nation faces unprecedented threats from around the globe.
U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Watersmeet) on Wednesday said he had introduced a resolution to censure fellow Michigan U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) “for her antisemitism and disgraceful response to the attacks on our ally, Israel.”
FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans, led by Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, are introducing legislation that would stop the release of $6 billion in frozen funds to Iran in the wake of the Iran-backed Hamas terror attacks on Israel.
In a letter to Gov. Abbott and Attorney General Paxton, Texas’ Republican delegation to Congress have raised concerns about Colony Ridge.
Republican members of Texas’ congressional delegation have sent a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton raising concerns about an illegal alien housing development in Liberty County. The letter was signed by all 25 members