Disruption

States experiment with psychedelic ibogaine treatments

The FDA has not approved it for any medical applications, but a Trump executive order provides up to $50 million for research.
President Donald Trump speaks while behind him, from left, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr., Joe Rogan, CEO of Americans for Ibogaine W. Bryan Hubbard and retired U.S. Navy Seal Marcus Luttrell listen in the Oval Office of the White House, Saturday, April 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an executive order providing up to $50 million for states to begin research on ibogaine, a psychedelic that shows promise of treating opioid use disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and other maladies.

The new funding comes as states advance their own efforts to conduct clinical trials, allocating millions for studies into an alternative treatment that has never been authorized in the United States.

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