Therapeutic Goods Administration will not declassify magic mushrooms, with strict controls to remain

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Updated February 4 2021 - 6:59am, first published 6:56am
Psilocybin is the psychoactive ingredient found in wild grown "magic mushrooms" that is being touted as a good alternative treatment for mental illness in a medically-controlled environment. Pictured are wild english forest mushrooms.
Psilocybin is the psychoactive ingredient found in wild grown "magic mushrooms" that is being touted as a good alternative treatment for mental illness in a medically-controlled environment. Pictured are wild english forest mushrooms.

Depression and anxiety sufferers will not be able to treat their mental illnesses with psychedelic psychotherapy after the nation's medicine regulator ruled against an attempt to downgrade restrictions on magic mushrooms.