The new doctor picked by Donald Trump wrote a book. In it, she said people could try new drugs for help. She also said that using mushrooms helped her find love.

Dr. Casey Means said we should think about trying special therapy with psilocybin. This is interesting because psilocybin is not legal in the USA. The government says it's a drug that is not safe to use and people can get addicted to it. But in Oregon and Colorado, this type of therapy is now okay. However, some towns in Oregon do not allow it.

The surgeon general tells people how to be healthy and safe. They give advice about health problems like AIDS and smoking. They helped make America healthier.

Some people became famous and changed things. Others were soon forgotten.

Trump likes to pick famous people, not people good at rules. He picked Means because someone told him she was good. Trump said he didn't know her.

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

She wrote a book called "Good Energy" in 2024. In the book, she talked about psychedelics. Her brother, Calley Means, helped her write the book. He works for the government and knows about health. He also said he put money into companies that make psychedelics.

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 tired and not well. These tips can help you feel better.

One idea is to try therapy with psilocybin. This is a part of some mushrooms. She writes about this idea in a long text.

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

Some studies say psychedelics can 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. This can be nice or scary. It has been used with talking to help people with problems and drinking too much. But we don't know much about how it affects 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 might make you walk into the street or do other risky 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 might not be good for PTSD because the tests were not right and it could be risky.

Means talks about psychedelics in her book. She calls them "plant medicine." She says she used mushrooms for the first time around January 1, 2021. She did it because she heard a voice in her head that said, "It's time to get ready."

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

In a news message in October, Means said she used special drugs to help her find love. She said she did this with people she trusted. She added a picture of a mushroom. She said that she was not telling other people to do the same.

This month, Means wrote about what she wants for health. She wants good food in schools. She thinks we should label unhealthy food. She wants to check if vaccines are safe. She also wants to stop problems with people who have different interests. She said that it is hard to study some drugs and that we should study other ways to be healthy.

Calley Means said he used special drugs called psychedelics. He said it helped him a lot. In 2022, he used his money to buy stocks in companies that make these drugs. He did not talk about this to reporters.

We do not know when Casey Means will have her meeting. Trump picked Means after people asked questions about Janette Nesheiwat. She used to work for Fox News. Trump picked someone else.