{"id":1962021,"date":"2023-06-30T23:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T03:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australia-becomes-first-country-to-legalize-psychedelics\/"},"modified":"2023-06-30T23:02:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T03:02:33","slug":"australia-becomes-first-country-to-legalize-psychedelics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australia-becomes-first-country-to-legalize-psychedelics\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia legalizes psychedelics, setting a global precedent."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faustralia-becomes-first-country-to-legalize-psychedelics%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1962021&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Australia Legalizes and Regulates MDMA and Psilocybin Mushrooms<\/h2>\n<p>Australia has taken a groundbreaking step by legalizing and regulating the use of MDMA and psilocybin mushrooms. Starting from July 1, doctors will be able to prescribe these substances for specific medical conditions.<\/p>\n<h3>Prescriptions for PTSD and Treatment-Resistant Depression<\/h3>\n<p>MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy, will only be prescribed to patients who are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-in-piers-morgan-resigns-from-british-morning-show-after-backlash-over-meghan-markle-comments\/\" title=\"JUST IN: Piers Morgan Resigns From British Morning Show After Backlash Over Meghan Markle Comments\">seeking treatment<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gary-sinise-launches-new-initiative-with-home-depot-founders\/\" title=\"WATCH: Gary Sinise Launches New Initiative With Home Depot Founders\">post-traumatic stress disorder<\/a>. Psilocybin mushrooms, on the other hand, will be prescribed to patients who have experienced treatment-resistant depression.<\/p>\n<p>Before prescribing these substances, every psychiatrist must obtain approval from a Human Research Ethics Committee affiliated with the National Health and Medical Research Council.<\/p>\n<h3>Not Eligible for Government Subsidies<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to note that the newly legalized drugs will not be eligible for listing on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, which is a list of medications subsidized by the Australian government.<\/p>\n<p>Psilocybin, found in mushrooms, is relatively inexpensive. However, its treatment protocol involves thorough assessment and ongoing psychotherapeutic management by the psychiatrist, both before and after administration. This could contribute to the overall treatment cost.<\/p>\n<h3>Research and Legalization Efforts<\/h3>\n<p>The Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins University has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/intel-community-releases-declassified-info-on-covid-19-origins-and-wuhan-lab\/\" title=\"Intel community declassifies COVID-19 origins and Wuhan lab info.\">conducted extensive research<\/a> on psilocybin as a potential treatment for depression, anxiety, and nicotine addiction.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth mentioning that Colorado and Oregon have also legalized psilocybin mushrooms, and several cities, including Denver and Washington, D.C., have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australia-becomes-first-country-to-legalize-psychedelics\/\" title=\"Australia legalizes psychedelics, setting a global precedent.\">passed local measures decriminalizing<\/a> certain psychedelics.<\/p>\n<h2>MDMA: A Synthetic Drug with Risks<\/h2>\n<p>Unlike psilocybin mushrooms, MDMA is a synthetic drug that was initially developed as an appetite suppressant. It is both a hallucinogenic and a stimulant, requiring close supervision due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/google-announces-end-to-ad-selling-based-on-individual-web-browsing\/\" title=\"Google Announces End To Ad-Selling Based On Individual Web Browsing\">potential risks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Users of MDMA are at risk of dehydration, hypothermia, and kidney and liver failure from over-exertion while under its effects.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here<\/a> to read the full article from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia has legalized and regulated MDMA and psilocybin mushrooms. From July 1, doctors can prescribe MDMA for post-traumatic stress disorder and psilocybin mushrooms for treatment-resistant depression. However, prescribing psychiatrists must seek approval from a regulatory body before prescribing these substances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1962022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1962021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1962021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1962022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1962021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1962021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1962021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}