The Assisted Dying Bill raises important questions about how we support individuals with a terminal diagnosis.
At the heart of the debate is a shared aim of protecting people at a vulnerable time of life, particularly in making end-of-life care decisions - but we can’t do this without also allowing them to explore every treatment option available, giving them every opportunity to increase the quality and longevity of their life, and to make a decision with an unclouded mind.
The way for the Home Office to facilitate access to this medicine for those facing the end of life is to ask the ACMD to assess the evidence for rescheduling psilocybin. This would be the first time that the evidence has ever been assessed by the government. Moving psilocybin to Schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations would allow doctors to use their discretion in prescribing it to those who may benefit.
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