Australia has become one of the first countries in the world to officially recognise psychedelics as medicines
- last year
From the first of July, authorised psychiatrists can prescribe MDMA, the active ingredient in party drug "ecstasy" to treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Psilocybin for depression. Dr Peter Duggan is a Senior Principal Research Scientist in the field of Botanical Pharmaceuticals at the CSIRO, he says just one dose can have a long lasting effect.