What Slowed the Ibogaine Executive Order?
Calley Means says psychedelic policy faced internal resistance, but he does not describe the ibogaine executive order as simply stalled at the time of the interview. Responding to Joe Rogan's concern about delays, he says this issue was moving more positively than almost any other because the president remained engaged.
He describes earlier resistance from Heidi Overton and others who, in his account, grouped psychedelics with street drugs. He argues that a potentially one-time treatment does not fit the usual pharmaceutical business model, while presenting that as his interpretation rather than a proven motive. Means says the issue had been unblocked and that people still inside were watching for new obstacles. He also recounts officials calling Rogan's phone call to the president an end run, a characterization he rejected.
