Veteran suicide rate data will be cited in at least three major floor speeches during FY2027 appropriations debate, directly linking ibogaine access to DoD mental health funding.

Members of Congress will cite suicide statistics affecting veterans during 2027 budget debates and explicitly connect ibogaine (a psychedelic drug) as a potential solution. This matters because it signals mainstream political support for psychedelic research as a real mental health tool, not fringe medicine.

This is what I do. I brief staffers. The suicide statistics are devastating and Members use them. Floor rhetoric follows advocacy briefings by 60-90 days. We've been briefing since March.