Overview
- Olivia Nuzzi writes in her forthcoming memoir that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told her he uses psychedelics and has smoked DMT.
- The allegation is sourced to the memoir as reported by outlets including the New York Times and Page Six, and it has not been independently confirmed.
- DMT, the psychoactive compound linked to ayahuasca, is documented to cause intense visual and auditory hallucinations and near‑death‑like experiences, according to the Alcohol and Drug Foundation.
- Kennedy pleaded guilty to heroin possession at age 29, entered treatment, and has long said he has remained sober since.
- The book also recounts an alleged intimate relationship between Nuzzi and Kennedy, while Cheryl Hines writes that coverage of the purported romance made her feel unimportant.