Military.com: 'Saving Lives': Bill Would Fund Psychedelic Therapies For Military Veterans (KFF Health News)

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2026/03/09/saving-lives-bill-would-fund-psychedelic-therapies-military-veterans.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8GNjYybiC9PArUYtDlNoVP_A7bhZvkrp_mdtTdSCZqD4imdWZ9cJWFyvYewVC8Mp4Xa8qD7yEvDbNbluxN8SzQfk8_mQ&_hsmi=407915789&utm_content=407915789&utm_source=hs_email Military.com: 'Saving Lives': Bill Would Fund Psychedelic Therapies For Military Veterans New legislation introduced in Congress would require the Veterans Affairs (VA) secretary to designate the department’s medical facilities as “innovative therapies centers of excellence,” which would include increasing federal funding to study the therapeutic uses of psychedelics for veterans, according to a copy of the legislation shared with Military.com. The “Innovative Therapies Centers of Excellence Act of 2025” sponsored by U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, would designate not fewer than five VA medical facilities that can offer these different therapeutic modalities. (Mordowanec, 3/9)