AOC Blows Campaign Money on Shrink Known for Hallucinogenic Drug Therapy

The good news is that prominent Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — a leading candidate for the Democrat presidential nomination — is seeking help for her psychiatric issues. But the New York Post also has some bad news:

Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spent nearly $19,000 in campaign cash last year on a shrink who specializes in controversial ketamine therapy.

The socialist lawmaker hired Boston-based Dr. Brian Boyle, the chief psychiatric officer at Stella, a chain of mental health clinics focusing on “novel” therapies popular with Hollywood and Wall Street.

AOC’s record suggests a willingness to explore new frontiers regarding psychoactive drugs:

As a freshman congresswoman in 2019, she introduced an amendment to allow the feds to spend taxpayer money on studying the medical potential of psilocybin, ecstasy and other drugs to treat mental illnesses, calling the early research “promising.”

“It’s well past time we take drug use out of criminal consideration and into medical consideration,” she tweeted at the time.

Recreational drug users may only be self-medicating. Unsurprisingly, she campaigned on ending the federal marijuana prohibition.

AOC has admitted to psychiatric problems in the past:

The Bronx and Queens lawmaker has previously talked about her own mental health, revealing she was in therapy following the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, when she said lawmakers effectively “served in war.”

Counsel to the National Legal and Policy Center Paul Kamenar is not pleased:

“While I can understand why AOC would spend $18,000 for a shrink whose specialties include narcissistic personality disorders, using her campaign contributions for what appears to be an expense for personal use violates federal campaign finance laws.”

The hallucinogen ketamine is a horse tranquilizer. It may be appropriate for AOC based on her smile. However, Brave’s AI notes that ketamine therapy is not approved by the FDA for mental health conditions, that side effects include dissociation, and that the treatment is not recommended for those with a history of psychosis — which it can cause.

On a tip from Wiggins.

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