Veterans Have Become Unlikely Lobbyists in Push to Legalize Psychedelic Drugs [nytimes.com]
By Andrew Jacobs, The New York Times, November 11, 2021 Jose Martinez, a former Army gunner whose right arm and both legs were blown off by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, has a new calling: He’s become one of the most effective lobbyists in a campaign to legalize the therapeutic use of psychedelic drugs across the country. On a Zoom call this spring with Connie Leyva, a Democratic legislator in California who has long opposed relaxing drug laws, Mr. Martinez told her how psilocybin, the...