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For Veterans & Military Families

You Served.
Now It's Time to Heal.

The VA has failed too many veterans. Psychedelic medicine is not a last resort — it is the most promising breakthrough in mental health treatment in 50 years. This page is for you, and for the families who love you.

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Veterans lost to suicide every day in the US

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Reduction in PTSD symptoms — Stanford ibogaine study 2024

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Reduction in depression — Stanford ibogaine study 2024

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Special operations veterans in the landmark Stanford study

The Landmark Study

Stanford 2024:
The Ibogaine Study That Changed Everything

In 2024, Dr. Nolan Williams and his team at Stanford University published a landmark study in Nature Medicine. They treated 30 special operations veterans — Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, Green Berets — with ibogaine in Mexico. These were men who had exhausted every VA treatment available.

The results were unlike anything seen in psychiatric research in decades: 88% reduction in PTSD symptoms. 87% reduction in depression. Significant improvement in cognitive function, including in veterans with traumatic brain injury. Effects that persisted at the one-month follow-up.

Dr. Williams described ibogaine as "the most dramatic effect I have ever seen in psychiatry." This is not fringe science. This is Stanford, published in Nature Medicine, funded in part by DARPA.

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Dr. Nolan Williams, Stanford University, 2024

"The most dramatic effect I have ever seen in psychiatry."

April 18, 2026

Trump's Executive Order on
Psychedelic Medicine for Veterans

The most significant federal action on psychedelic medicine in history — signed specifically because of the veteran mental health crisis.

Directs the Department of Defense to study ibogaine and other psychedelics for veteran PTSD and TBI

Creates a Right to Try pathway for veterans to access ibogaine treatment

Directs the VA to develop protocols for psychedelic-assisted therapy

Allocates funding for clinical trials at military medical centers

Acknowledges the failure of existing VA mental health treatments for combat trauma

Signed April 18, 2026 — the most significant federal action on psychedelic medicine in history

The Medicines

What the Research Shows
For Veterans Specifically

Ibogaine

The most studied medicine for combat PTSD and TBI. The 2024 Stanford/UCSF study of 30 special operations veterans showed 88% reduction in PTSD symptoms, 87% reduction in depression, and significant improvement in cognitive function — results that no existing VA treatment has come close to matching.

Legal Status

Legal in Mexico. Trump Executive Order (April 18, 2026) created a Right to Try pathway for veterans.

Access

Rosarito, Mexico — Pō a Ao programs available now.

MDMA-Assisted Therapy

MAPS Phase 3 trials showed 71.2% of veterans no longer met PTSD diagnostic criteria after 3 MDMA sessions. MDMA reduces amygdala reactivity (the brain's fear response) while increasing trust and emotional openness — creating a therapeutic window to process trauma that would otherwise be too overwhelming.

Legal Status

Schedule I federally. Legal for therapeutic use in Colorado. Australia approved for PTSD (2023). FDA review ongoing.

Access

Available through licensed practitioners in Colorado and internationally.

Psilocybin

Studies at NYU, Johns Hopkins, and Imperial College London show significant reductions in PTSD, depression, and moral injury. Psilocybin increases neuroplasticity for weeks after a single dose — the critical window for integration and rewiring trauma responses.

Legal Status

Legal for therapeutic use in Oregon (2023) and Colorado (2024). Decriminalized in several cities.

Access

Licensed therapeutic centers in Oregon and Colorado. Ceremonial context available in Arizona.

Ketamine

The only FDA-approved psychedelic-adjacent medicine. Rapid reduction in suicidal ideation — within hours. Available legally at ketamine clinics in all 50 states. Spravato (esketamine) is covered by VA in some cases.

Legal Status

Legal in all 50 states at licensed clinics. Spravato FDA-approved.

Access

Ketamine clinics nationwide. VA coverage expanding. Pō a Ao programs in Arizona.

Voices

From Those Who Have
Been Through It

"I did three tours. I came back with TBI and PTSD that the VA couldn't touch. After ibogaine, I slept through the night for the first time in 11 years. I'm not saying it fixed everything — but it opened a door that had been locked shut."

Army Ranger, 3 tours

TBI & Combat PTSD

"My husband came back from his second deployment a different person. I spent four years trying to reach him. After his psilocybin retreat, I got my husband back. I don't know how else to say it."

Military spouse, Arizona

Supporting a veteran

"The VA gave me 11 different medications. I was a zombie. One ibogaine session did more than 8 years of VA treatment. I'm not anti-VA — they do what they can. But this is different."

Marine, 2 deployments

Opioid dependence & PTSD

Trusted Organizations

Resources for
Veterans & Families

Heroic Hearts Project

Connects combat veterans with psychedelic therapy retreats. Has facilitated hundreds of veteran treatments with psilocybin and ibogaine. Founded by Jesse Gould, Army Ranger veteran.

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MAPS — Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies

The leading research organization for MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD. Has treated hundreds of veterans in Phase 2 and Phase 3 clinical trials. Offers a compassionate use program.

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Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions (VETS)

Nonprofit providing grants to veterans for psychedelic-assisted therapy. Has funded over 700 veteran treatments. Focuses on ibogaine, psilocybin, and MDMA.

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The Hope Project

Specifically for military spouses and families. Provides education, support, and resources for loved ones of veterans dealing with PTSD, TBI, and moral injury.

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Zendo Project

Psychedelic harm reduction and integration support. Trains volunteers to provide support during difficult psychedelic experiences. Offers integration circles for veterans.

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Mission Within

Veteran-specific ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT retreat program in Mexico. Founded by and for special operations veterans. One of the most respected veteran-focused ibogaine programs.

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You Don't Have to
Figure This Out Alone

Call or text Sonny directly. He is not a doctor and this is not a medical referral — but he has been through his own journey, he knows the landscape, and he will talk with you honestly about your options, no pressure, no sales pitch.

If you are in immediate crisis, call 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or 911.