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RFK, MAHA, and the war on… SSRIs?

Today, President Trump signed his latest (read: non-governing, does not override federal law, and is still subject to judicial review, cf. Marbury v. Madison) executive order establishing his Make America Healthy Again Commission, against the backdrop of a doubling of cases in the West Texas measles outbreak (in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-five).

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long been the pied piper of pseudoscience, but his latest move as Secretary of Health and Human Services is not just reckless, it’s an existential threat to millions of Americans who rely on critical, life-saving medications. As part of his so-called “Make America Healthy Again” initiative, RFK Jr. has ordered an assessment of the “prevalence and threat” posed by medications like SSRIs, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs. If that phrase alone doesn’t sound alarm bells, it should. The framing itself, suggesting these medications are a “threat”, betrays a profound ignorance of public health and a dangerous deference to conspiracy over science. This is not just another misguided policy proposal. This is an assault on the mental and physical well-being of some of the most vulnerable populations in our country, and it cannot go unchallenged.