22 Feb 2023

Australia correspondent Chris Niesche : conditional psychedelic drug approval

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am on 22 February 2023
Dried Psylocibyn magic mushrooms in kit. Isolated on white background. Natural remedy.

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Chris talks to Susie about Australia becoming the first country to recognise psychedelics as medicines, approving the psychedelic substances in magic mushrooms and MDMA for use by people with certain mental health conditions.

Unions are calling for engineered stone benches to be banned as Australians die from the lung disease silicosis after cutting artificial stone kitchen benches.

And Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's political honeymoon is over, he has slipped in the polls.