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View More NewsAs Joe Rogan told it, President Donald Trump jumped at the chance to facilitate regulatory approval of ibogaine and other psychedelics that have shown promise as psychotherapeutic catalysts. After the hugely popular, politically eclectic podcaster texted the president information about ibogaine, Rogan recalled, Trump replied: “Sounds great. Do you want FDA approval? Let’s do it.” Rogan, who endorsed Trump in the 2024 election, told that story on April 18 as Trump signed an executive order instructing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to accelerate the review process for “appropriate psychedelic drugs,” including ibogaine, and provide “at least $50 million from existing funds” to…
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Recorded on 30 June 2026, Claire Lehmann sat down with Derek Francis— former chief economist at the NSW Parliamentary Budget Office and a fund manager—to discuss a flaw in Treasury’s modelling of Australia’s new capital gains tax, one that could push effective tax rates on shares as high as 70 percent. TranscriptClaire Lehmann: Last month, Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered one of Australia’s most ambitious and controversial budgets to date. It was framed as an attempt to restore intergenerational equity, in light of the fact that house prices have become completely unaffordable for young people across the country. To address this, negative…
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Delaware and New Jersey have both advanced legislation to ban cryptocurrency ATMs in what is becoming a growing trend across US states, with lawmakers…
In brief Delaware lawmakers have advanced House Bill 441 to ban cryptocurrency kiosks statewide. If passed, the bill would require existing machines to go…
There is a lot of political discourse about “affordability,” but the meaning of the term can be difficult to pin down. Is it just…
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from the perhaps-he’s-on-team-measles dept Cases of measles in American continue to rise. As of June 5th of this year, the official case count in…
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi start this episode of Freed Up with how Democrats plan to stand by Graham Platner in Maine no matter what. The…