Scientists in Western Australia will soon be trialling magic mushrooms on people living with depression.
The first legally grown batch of pharmaceutical-grade mushroom-derived psilocybin will soon be planted in south-west Western Australia after an alternative-drug company received ethics approval to carry out the state's first clinical trial using psilocybin to treat depression.The company hosting the trial is the first in Australia to receive license to grow magic mushroomsPsilocybin is the active, or psychedelic, ingredient in what is commonly known as magic mushrooms.
Professor Hood said each patient would receive two 25-milligram doses of the drug a month apart, followed by an intensive regime of psychotherapy. "Part of my reason for doing this trial is to give us a track record here in WA of using this medication in a medical setting, in a safe way so that our pharmacies and our hospitals are prepared to enable patients to get access to these substances, rather than have to use less legal means.
"We have built a special-purpose grow room for the mushrooms, which will be housed at an undisclosed location, but we have all the licensing in place to do that," he said.
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