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Sonia Gray: Broadcaster on being in psychedelic drug trials to treat anxiety
Published 1 year ago
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Changes to allow over the counter sales of Melatonin in New Zealand alongside relaxing rules on magic mushrooms as medicine.
MedSafe's approved Melatonin for sale to adults without a prescription.
Psilocybin remains unapproved, but one specifically qualified psychiatrist is now permitted to prescribe it for treatment-resistant depression.
Broadcaster Sonia Gray has been trialling psychedelic drugs as an anxiety treatment, and joined Kerre Woodham to speak about her experience.
“Nothing is a silver bullet, and nothing is going to work for everybody all the time, but we need more tools.”
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