In sum, The Senate was scheduled to vote on the $826 billion package last week, but Republican leaders postponed the vote after members of the GOP's right-of-center Freedom Caucus signaled they would not back the bill unless additional cuts to non-defense spending were promised. Because Democrats had already voiced objections to the Republicans' planned limits on abortion access for troops and other social problems in the proposal, the spending bill did not receive enough support to pass.
House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee Chair Ken Calvert, R-Calif., told Defense News that GOP leaders are working to resolve their conservative colleagues' concerns and are optimistic that a solution will be struck in the coming days.
In addition, the company that sponsored the study said it planned to seek U.S. clearance later this year to offer the medication, often known as ecstasy, as a PTSD treatment when paired with talk therapy.
Australia became the first country to allow psychiatrists to prescribe MDMA and psilocybin, the hallucinogenic element in psychedelic mushrooms, earlier this year. The substances are gaining mainstream acceptance in the United States, thanks in part to the activities of the nonprofit advocacy organization Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies.
Researchers assessed symptoms in 104 persons with PTSD who were randomly allocated to receive either MDMA or a sham pill across three one-month sessions. Talk therapy was provided to both groups.
And lastly, According to attorney Kristina Baehr of the Austin, Texas-based company Just Well Law, the number of claimants over gasoline accidents at the Red Hill Bulk gasoline Facility in 2021 has nearly tripled in the last three months, indicating that those affected by the spills feel the Navy is serious about making apologies.
According to Baehr, the government has taken responsibility for the accident and is not challenging that it was irresponsible in the November 2021 spill of around 5,000 gallons of jet fuel, which contaminated a portion of the base's and surrounding facilities' drinking water supply.
And that's the way it is for Tuesday, September 19, 2023.
Stay tuned for our next M&G-B, where we will continue to keep you in the loop on all things pertinent to the coronavirus, veterans, active-duty members, guards and reservists, and military family members. Stay happy, and stay healthy!
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