Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump is Accelerating Medical Treatments for Serious Mental Illness

REMOVING BARRIERS TO PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS AS POTENTIAL TREATMENT FOR SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order that will accelerate access to treatments for patients with serious mental illness, reaffirming his commitment to advancing solutions that provide hope to Americans with devastating, complex, and treatment-resistant conditions.

The Order directs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner to provide Commissioner’s National Priority Vouchers to appropriate psychedelic drugs that have received Breakthrough Therapy designations for treating serious mental illnesses, and that meet the criteria of the National Priority Voucher Program. This will ensure that red tape does