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Colorado becomes second state to allow psychedelic therapy this week after two years of rulemaking.
Companies and people will be able to apply for licenses to administer the mind-altering drug psilocybin.
Colorado Springs is home to two Air Force bases and the U.S. Air Force Academy , and local leaders often tout it as an ideal community for retired service members.
Advocates argue that psychedelic therapy offers an option to those for whom talk therapy alone and antidepressants have not helped.
"This is a crisis that we are in, and this is a tool that we can add to our toolbox," says Taylor West , executive director of the Healing Advocacy Fund .
Belone said he's carried his military experience long after leaving the special forces.
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