Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s veteran policy platform includes taking “a holistic approach” to aid veterans during and after their time in service, including making marijuana, ayahuasca, and MDMA accessible for veterans as part of the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Ramaswamy’s campaign shared his plan exclusively with Breitbart News before he officially unveils it on the trail in New Hampshire on Saturday, Veterans Day.
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“As President, I will take a holistic approach to ensure Veterans receive the care they need to live long, flourishing lives — starting during their service and continuing in the decades that follow,” Ramaswamy’s policy plan states.
His plan for assisting in-service veterans includes creating “two-week decompression buffers” through the Department of Defense (DOD). This would be in a third location following a tour of duty separate from the United States and where the servicemember was in combat to ensure they “are able to slowly reacclimate to life away from the frontlines.”
He will also advocate for the DOD to implement guidelines encouraging servicemembers “to report PTSD under privacy protections” if elected. Under current guidelines, Ramaswamy believes “too many” servicemembers often do not report instances of PTSD due to fear of…
