(The Center Square) – State leaders across the country are pushing for medical trials of the psychedelic drug ibogaine to treat neurological conditions.

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry spoke at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s States and Nation Policy Summit on Thursday to push for a clinical trial of the psychedelic drug. Perry pointed to the positive benefits for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Recommended Stories

CDC panel votes to drop guidance for universal newborn hepatitis B vaccination

The fight to keep politics out of medicine

The origin story of the 'fat shot'

“This is a compound that God gave us that is showing extraordinary ability to free people from post-traumatic stress, literally break addictions,” Perry said.

Ibogaine is a compound found

See Full Page