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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (AOC) campaign paid out nearly $19,000 in 2025 to a psychiatrist known for ketamine-based treatments, according to Federal Election Commission records.
Filings obtained by The New York Post show three payments to Dr. Brian Boyle totaling $18,725. The expenses were listed as “leadership training and consulting.”
NEW: AOC Spent $18K In Campaign Cash On Controversial KETAMINE Therapy.
FEC records show payments labeled “leadership training”.
According to Federal Election Commission records, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign spent $18,725 on a psychiatrist specializing in ketamine… pic.twitter.com/3xr9tnO5G8
— Kristin Sokoloff (@ksoklower48) March 22, 2026
Boyle is a Boston-based psychiatrist and chief medical officer at Stella, a clinic focused on alternative treatments for conditions including PTSD and depression.
He has publicly discussed the use of ketamine in mental health care.
“I just saw the incredible power of what these treatments could do,” Boyle said in a podcast las year. “It’s a ton of fun helping patients get better.”
“Celebrities tend to be more inclined to be on the hunt for highly effective solutions across beauty, health, mental health, nutrition and so on.”
The campaign has not elaborated services were provided or who took part.
AOC has previously backed expanding research into psychedelics. In 2019, she pushed for federal funding into substances like psilocybin and MDMA.
“From the oioid crisis to psilocybin’s potential with PTDS, it’s well past time we take drug use out of criminal consideration and into medical consideration,” she swrote at the time.
”That begins with research. I’m proud to introduce an amendment that helps scientists do their jobs.”
From the opioid crisis to psilocybin’s potential w/ PTSD, it’s well past time we take drug use out of criminal consideration + into medical consideration.
That begins with research. I’m proud to introduce an amendment that helps scientists do their jobs. https://t.co/V1BziVeNtr
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 8, 2019
The proposal failed at the time but similar efforts later passed in 2023.
It is not the first time that AOC has been caught spending other people’s money on questionable campaign activities.
Last March, it was revealed that she had secretly charged axpayers thousands of dollars for dance lessons and lavish parties at Mexican restaurants.
.@AOC got dance lessons on 12/13/2024 from Bombazo Dance Co Inc and made the US taxpayer cover the $850 bill for that “training.”
On the same day there was $3,700 paid to Juan D Gonzalez for more “training.”
Earlier, on 9/18/24, AOC spent $3,384.74 for food at Taco Bamba… pic.twitter.com/RPPVrQhJxR
— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) March 8, 2025
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