The drug and a key ingredient in magic mushrooms will be used nationally to treat PTSD and depression.
Earlier this year, researchers raised eyebrows when Australia's traditionally conservative medicines regulator approved the use of psychedelics to assist therapy sessions.
She couldn't eat, shower, or leave her house in Melbourne - but says prescription antidepressants left her "zombie-like, unable to cry, self-soothe or feel better".When her research for alternative therapies led her to a psilocybin clinic in Amsterdam, she was hesitant. When Glen Boyes suggested microdosing psychedelics to treat his crippling depression, his therapist was sceptical.
Due to no other country rescheduling these substances for clinical use on a national level, the cohort who've experienced psychedelic therapy is small. But how Australia rolls out clinical prescriptions for both drugs, and at what price tag, will be closely watched. Once all expenses are factored in - including the drugs themselves, supervision from multidisciplinary teams, psychiatrist sessions and hiring a private clinic - costs could spiral to A$30,000 per treatment, according to one psychedelics expert.
"There's been considerable caution from the scientific and medical community," said Kristen Morely, a professor of addiction medicine at the University of Sydney.
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