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Patients have been leaving the United States to try psychedelic therapies to treat their depression, PTSD, traumatic brain injuries, and substance use disorders. With so many patients finding relief, why do psychedelic therapies mostly remain illegal in the U.S., and how do psychedelics actually work?

Host Bonnie Petrie and reporter Robin Berghaus explore the potential of psychedelic medication as a treatment for mental health diagnoses like depression and PTSD, particularly for use in the veteran population.

Today on Texas Matters—Can a progressive agenda pass in the conservative Texas legislature? We hear the legislative plan for the Sierra Club, The AFL-CIO and Move Texas.

Marc LaHood is the Republican Party candidate for Texas House District 121 which had been represented by Steve Allison. The Democrat in the race is Laurel Jordan Swift.

Today on Texas Matters. How Texas public school curriculum could be teaching Christianity. In Texas It will be harder to vote in this presidential election than it was four years ago. And how Arkansans are fighting to put abortion on their ballot.

UTSA had planned to open a new Office of Campus and Community Belonging on Jan. 1 that would have held onto all of the staff from the Office of Inclusive Excellence but changed course in a Tuesday statement from the university president.

While existential threats to renewable energy were avoided, climate groups still faced significant losses in the past session, according to the Environmental Defense Fund’s Texas state director.

This post was updated on Monday, June 29, at 6:05 p.m. Dennis Bonnen, a conservative Republican and Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, is…