The new doctor for the country, picked by Donald Trump, wrote in a book that people could try some drugs that are not tested to feel better. She also said that she used mushrooms to find a boyfriend.

Dr. Casey Means said we should think about trying therapy with psilocybin. This is interesting because psilocybin is against the law in the US. The law says it's a drug that people can get addicted to, and that doctors can't use. But in Oregon and Colorado, this type of therapy is allowed. However, some towns in Oregon don't allow it.

The surgeon general tells people how to be healthy and safe. They give advice about problems like smoking. This advice can help people in America.

Some people were famous and changed things. Dr. C. Everett Koop was one of these people. He worked for President Ronald Reagan. Other people were easy to forget.

Trump often picks people who are famous, not just good at their job. He picked Means because someone he trusts said she was great. Trump said he did not know her.

Means went to Stanford University. She started to work as a doctor in Oregon, but she did not finish. She is not working as a doctor now. We called her, but she did not want to talk about it.

She wrote a book called "Good Energy" in 2024. In it, she talked about psychedelics. Her brother, Calley Means, helped her write the book. He is a businessman who now works for the government, giving advice about health. He has said he put money into companies that make psychedelic drugs.

The book talks a lot about your body's energy. Casey Means says it's like having "good energy." She gives tips to help you deal with stress and bad thoughts that make you feel bad and stop you from feeling good.

One idea is to try "magic mushroom" therapy. This means using a drug from special mushrooms. She writes about this idea in a long story.

She said, "If you want, you can try special help with psilocybin. Studies show it can be a very good thing for some, like it was for me."

Some studies say psychedelics may be good. But we don't know if the good things are more than the bad things. Psilocybin can make you see things for hours. These can be good or bad. It can help with talking therapy for some health problems and drinking too much. But we don't know much about what it does to healthy people. It can make your heart beat faster, make you sick, or give you a headache. It can be unsafe to take it alone. Seeing things that are not there could make you do dangerous things.

Means said that some drugs like psilocybin have a bad name. She said MDMA (also called ecstasy) can help people with PTSD. But a group said MDMA is not good as a treatment for PTSD because the tests were not good and it can be risky.

Means says that some people call psychedelics "plant medicine" in her book. She says she used mushrooms for the first time around January 1, 2021. She did it because she felt she needed to get ready for something.

She said she felt like she was part of a long line of mothers and babies. She also said that psilocybin can open a door to a new world. In this world, she didn't feel limited by her own thoughts and feelings.

In a letter from October, Means said she used special drugs to help her find love. She said she did this with people she knew. She added a mushroom picture. She said she was not telling others to do the same.

This month, Means wrote about what she wants for health in the White House. She wants better food in schools and wants warnings on some foods. She also wants to check if vaccines are safe. She said that it is hard to study some drugs and health ideas because no one can own them. She thinks some money should go to new ways to be healthy.

Calley Means said he used a special drug. He said it helped him a lot. He then used his money to buy stocks in companies that make this drug. He did not talk about this more.

We do not know when Casey Means will have a meeting to talk about her new job. Trump chose Means after people asked questions about Janette Nesheiwat. Nesheiwat used to work for Fox News. Trump first chose her for the job, but then he changed his mind.