The challenges of mainstreaming psychedelic therapies for conditions like PTSD, anxiety and major depression will be brought home this week when federal drug advisers scrutinize what could be the first such treatment to gain approval in the U.S.
Why it matters: While regulatorshave laid out how they think clinical trialscan assess hallucinogenic substances like ecstasy and magic mushrooms as behavioral health treatments, there's limited data to judge their safety and effectiveness, and there's a high risk formisuse.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the 74-year-old longtime Texas Democrat announced Sunday night.
The big picture: Jackson Lee announced in a statement posted to X that she's undergoing treatment for a disease "that impacts tens of thousands of Americans every year."
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced the chamber will vote on a bill to protect a person's ability to access contraceptives this Wednesday.
Why it matters: The vote on the Right to Contraception Act comes just ahead of the second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court striking down federal abortion rights protections and as Democrats highlight the matter as a key 2024 election issue.
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