Posted on 06/29/2023 5:32:35 PM PDT by dennisw
Starting July 1, Australia will allow doctors to prescribe MDMA and magic mushrooms to treat PTSD and depression.
It’s a worldwide first that comes as research uncovers how psychedelic drugs have real potential for treating mental health conditions.
“Australia is creating an interesting model that could pave the way forward for the rest of the world,” Dr. Michael Alpert, a psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School, told ABC News.
MDMA is a synthetic hallucinogen, often linked to rave parties, that’s also known as “molly” or “ecstasy.”
According to the new rules established by Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration, MDMA can be prescribed only to treat post-traumatic stress disorder by authorized psychiatrists.
Psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, will only be prescribed to treat depression that hasn’t responded to other therapies.
A large and growing body of medical and scientific evidence supports the use of psychedelics for mental health disorders.
A 2021 clinical trial, for example, showed that people with PTSD who took MDMA paired with psychotherapy were twice as likely to recover compared to those who did psychotherapy with a placebo, according to the journal Nature.
And where science goes, money follows.
“The market for psychedelic substances is projected to grow … to $10.75 billion by 2027, a growth rate that may even outpace the legal US cannabis market,” wrote the authors of an editorial in JAMA Psychiatry.
“It’s a pretty hot area,” Matthew Piggott, associate professor of medicinal chemistry at the University of Western Australia, told the Washington Post.
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Well we have some magic mushrooms for you! To take away your blues and your PSTD
So how soon after this announcement will Joey The Sniff be heading down under to get his stash of magic shrooms??
Australia succumbed many years ago when they confiscated the guns
I’ve been reading about this lately - it is quite interesting. Micro-dosing doesn’t give anyone a “high”, and it actually causes a slow and steady physical healing of the brain. I have a natural aversion to this kind of thing, but I think it’s because I’m older and was raised to think all of this was just nonsense.
When I started to think about it, if these mushrooms are taken in small doses and don’t send the person on a “trip”, I think I’d much rather see someone at least try them, as opposed to whatever crap Big Pharma peddles. At least mushrooms are natural. Just my opinion.
What could possibly go wrong?
And who will legalize shrooms next?! The UK?! Canada?! New Zealand?! They probably will at some point, but hopefully never.
MDMA is Ecstasy. Worth a try. Worth a plane ride.
Magic Mushrooms. LSD. Ketamine. The Drugs That Power Silicon Valley.
Entrepreneurs including Elon Musk and Sergey Brin are part of a drug movement that proponents hope will expand minds, enhance lives and produce business breakthroughs (MICRO-DOSING)
By Kirsten Grind
Updated June 27, 2023 11:46 am ET
WALL STREET JOURNAL
https://www.wsj.com/articles/silicon-valley-microdosing-ketamine-lsd-magic-mushrooms-d381e214
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No that is not how it works.
It is a healing medicine not the least bit like ssris.
Has turned young male brains into sharp successful ones.
They will have the disintegration chambers set up and most morons will go to them.
Eating real food will heal the brain.
March 2023 “Former President Barack Obama praised Australia’s gun confiscation following a mass shooting during an interview that aired Tuesday morning.”
Psychedelic drug MDMA eases PTSD symptoms in a study that paves the way for possible US approval
https://apnews.com/article/mdma-ecstasy-ptsd-study-molly-fda-1155a374305027567d5f41910022022d
The psychedelic drug MDMA can reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, researchers reported in a new study published Thursday.
The company sponsoring the research said it plans later this year to seek U.S. approval to market the drug, also known as ecstasy, as a PTSD treatment when combined with talk therapy.
“It’s the first innovation in PTSD treatment in more than two decades. And it’s significant because I think it will also open up other innovation,” said Amy Emerson, CEO of MAPS Public Benefit Corporation, the research sponsor.
Earlier this year, Australia became the first country to allow psychiatrists to prescribe MDMA and psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms. The drugs are gaining wider cultural acceptance in the U.S. in part because of efforts by the nonprofit advocacy group Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies.
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