- cross-posted to:
- science@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- science@beehaw.org
In a controversial move, Australia will become the world’s first country to allow the drugs psilocybin and MDMA to be prescribed by doctors to treat psychiatric conditions including depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.
MDMA is widely known as the party drug ecstasy, and psilocybin is the active ingredient in hallucinogenic mushrooms.
Nations including the United States, Canada and Israel allow individual use of these drugs on compassionate grounds or in clinical trials, but on 1 July Australia will be the first to regulate the drugs as medications, to be prescribed by approved psychiatrists.
Psychiatrists will prescribe the drugs using the TGA’s Authorised Prescriber Scheme, which allows registered psychiatrists to prescribe medicines that have yet to be formally included on Australia’s register of therapeutic goods.
The TGA says that doctors who prescribe MDMA and psilocybin must follow a code of conduct published by the Medical Board of Australia.
SMMRY
@Treevan About time, we’ve been slow everywhere else when it comes to updating our drug laws
Posting in from Mastodon? Everyone take note. Federation!
@Treevan had a bit of trepidation on creating a whole new account for Lemmy until I saw someone else post from their Mastodon…
Now I can try out the new hotness without worrying about managing new account details!
wait…we can post from mastodon? i am new to both mastodon and lemmy. do youknow if there’s a “step by step for old people” kinda page?
There probably is.
I have a slight guide to it in this thread under Mastodon Tips.
https://aussie.zone/post/132034
awesome, cheers
Yeah what does it say when most of the US has legal weed but half of it doesn’t have abortion access and a decent chunk is trying to restrict contraceptives
@macrocephalic yeah, but the US isn’t really a great yardstick to measure off… hyper partisanship is really screwing that country around