the us states of oregon and colorado have both voted to legalise the supervised use of psilocybin, and australia will permit medicines containing the compound to be prescribed by psychiatrists from july this year. in fact, psilocybin isn t the only psychedelic winning approval. australia is also permitting mdma or ecstacy to be prescribed for ptsd. the flip side of course here is that in the uk psilocybin research is not banned, just restricted. human trials into psilocybin treatments for depression were taking place in the uk almost ten years ago. some would argue robust regulation doesn t hold research back, it simply holds high standards. today though in parliament one labour mp asked for change describing her own experience of ptsd as a living hell. iam home i am home this sort of treatment may offer a light at the end of a very dark tunnel, but it is this home office and scheduling policy that against all the evidence says this is not allowed which is stopping this. it feels lik
success, and what we have to be able to do, is move as quickly as we reasonably can, to get all the, psilocybin first because it has the greatest degree of safety associated wit, together a place where people will be able to access treatment. before i come to rosalind, quickly, cpcrg for viewers who don t. conservative drug policy reform group, which is the think tank i set “p group, which is the think tank i set up in 2019. make sure i had specialist experts who can advice me, i am not an expert and to fill the gap between the science and research community and the policy makers which there has been a gaping void for too long. let makers which there has been a gaping void for too long. void for too long. let us come to rosalind. void for too long. let us come to rosalind, who void for too long. let us come to rosalind, who obviously - void for too long. let us come to rosalind, who obviously you - void for too long. let us come to | rosalind, who obviously you have spent years
sensible route forward, around a subject like this, when the scheduling of psilocybin has no evidence at all to support it. and when the government won t move, for whatever reason, then of course the noise and the pressure increase and increase, until they are driven to a point where they are to recognise there is no argument for leaving the reesearch restrictions in place as they are. now, i, very much welcome roslin s contribution on the debate on this, cautioning against overenthusiasm, making sure that she can speak for herself but within my own team, the lead within a cd pr g on this, is making a point that the psilocybin is only one part of the process, it is the therapy, and the psychiatry overseeing the treatment, that brings the whole to deliver the
signs in the window saying, nothing valuable in here. i remember people used to do that in new york in the 80s and 90s. this is the situation to the point where i ll get notes from people, folks who follow our news accounts on instagram who say, who is the dumb person who left a bag in a car? i m like, it s normal to leave property in vehicles in other american cities. in san francisco that is no longer the case. jessica, how did it get like this? why aren t officials why is it okay for patrick to walk through zombies with his daughter? why is that okay? why aren t officials doing more? i think it s a complex issue. i do think housing has got to be a part of it, addressing the fact that people have substance use needs. people need to be able to access treatment. those treatment options aren t always available. i think that s something that obviously needs to be addressed. you meant in the statistics, this is not more dangerous than any other similarly sized city. sometimes wh