A National Movement Built on Urgency, Experience, and Science
A National Movement Built on Urgency, Experience, and Science
VMHLC is a 501(c)(19) nonprofit Veteran-member coalition created to end the suicide epidemic through bold, Veteran-led action. We advocate for expanded access to safe and effective psychedelic-assisted therapies and emerging treatments that are saving lives.
Every day, Veterans are lost to suicide and overdose—far more than were killed in combat. This is not just a mental health crisis; it’s a failure of a system that hasn’t evolved. Traditional treatments often fall short. Veterans are left sedated, disconnected, and overmedicated.
To prevent suicide and deaths of despair by reshaping the future of mental health care through research, advocacy, and access to cutting-edge therapies that work.
Whether you’re a Veteran, clinician, policymaker, or ally—there’s a role for you here.
Connect with fellow advocates and drive change.
Fuel the mission. Fund access, advocacy, and hope.
Volunteer, attend events, or share your story.
We are Veterans, family members, and allies united by the mission to end suicide and deaths
of despair through breakthrough psychedelic therapies.
Developing state-based and VA programs for MDMA and psilocybin-assisted therapy targeting PTSD, depression, and suicidality.
Driving state and federal appropriations for treatment delivery and provider training.
Streamlining the research process for substances like ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT—already helping Veterans abroad.
Opening immediate access through the federal Right to Try Clarification Act for high-risk Veterans with no remaining treatment options.
Veteran die by suicide and drug
overdoses every day.
Veteran are 1.5x more likely to die
by overdose than civilians.
Over 200,000 Veteran have died from suicide and overdose
since 9/11.
leave the country they served for overseas psychedelic therapy because the system won’t support them.
“This isn’t just a crisis. It’s a moral failing. And we’re done waiting.”
VMHLC is powered by a national coalition of Veteran-led organizations, clinicians, researchers, advocates, and families—united in one mission: to end the suicide crisis and revolutionize mental health care.
“We are Veteran still in service—fighting for the right to heal.”
“I tried everything. Nothing worked. Psychedelic-assisted therapy didn’t just save my life—it gave me one worth living.”
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