The Navy SEALs Advocating Psychedelics to Combat Veteran Suicide

The Psychedelic Renaissance owes much to the US military. Navy SEALs are pushing to legalize psychedelics in the United States; mostly the 10,000 former SEALs playing a pivotal role despite its small size. Their contributions to the psychedelic movement are eye-opening. Navy Seals are veterans pushing the rising culture of using psychedelics, and psychedelic-like substances for healing PTSD and other mental disorders. These SEALS’s feel so strong about this type of therapy that they are coming out of the darkness and into the public space against their typical code. They are giving a voice to those veterans struggling with suicide and the mental problems that our government would rather ignore.

• Tommy Aceto

Tommy Aceto, a former U.S. Navy SEAL and intelligence officer, served 16 years with deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, and the Pacific Islands, later becoming a BUD/S instructor. He struggled with PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and alcoholism. Aceto credits ibogaine therapy wit…