May 23rd, 2025
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The new doctor for the country, picked by President Trump, wrote that people could try new drugs for help. She also said that using mushrooms helped her find love.
Dr. Casey Means says we can think about using psilocybin in therapy. This is interesting because psilocybin is against the law in the USA. It is a Schedule 1 drug, which means people think it is not safe to use as medicine and people can use it too much. Some places like Oregon and Colorado say it is okay to use psychedelic therapy, but some towns in Oregon do not agree.
The surgeon general tells people how to be healthy and safe. They share facts about health. In the past, they talked about AIDS and stopping suicide. They also warned people about smoking, and this helped people become healthier.
Some people became famous and changed things. Others were easily forgotten.
Trump often chooses people who are famous, not just good at their jobs. He picked Means because someone he trusts said she was good. Trump said he did not know her.
Means went to Stanford University. She started work as a doctor in Oregon, but she did not finish. She is not working as a doctor now. We called Means, 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. He works for the government and knows about health. He also said he put money into companies that make psychedelic drugs.
The book talks a lot about your body's energy. Casey Means says this is "good energy." She gives some ideas to help people deal with stress and bad thoughts. This can help your body's energy and make you feel better.
One idea is to try "psilocybin therapy". This uses a part of special mushrooms. She writes about this idea in a long text.
She said, "If you want to, you can try special help with psilocybin. Studies show it can be a very good experience 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 can help people with mental problems and drinking problems when they talk to a doctor. 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 dangerous if you take it alone. Seeing things that aren't real can make you do unsafe things.
Means said that some drugs like psilocybin have been seen as bad. She said MDMA, also called ecstasy, can help people with PTSD (a problem after something scary). But a group said MDMA might not be good as a treatment because studies were not well done and it could be risky.
Means talks about some drugs 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 felt she needed to.
She said she felt like she was part of a very long line of mothers and babies from the start of life. 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 October, she wrote in a letter that she used special drugs to find love. She said she did this with people she trusted. She added a picture of a mushroom. She also said that other people do not have to do the same.
This month, Means wrote about what she wants for health. She wants good food in schools and warning labels on some foods. She also wants checks on vaccine safety. She said researchers should study other ways to help health.
Calley Means said he used a drug called psilocybin. He said it helped him a lot. He then used his money to buy stocks in some companies. Someone asked him about this, but he did not answer.
Casey Means will have a meeting, but it is not planned yet. Trump picked Means after some people asked questions about Janette Nesheiwat. She worked for Fox News and was Trump's first choice, but he changed his mind.
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