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'We've gotten a lot of feedback': ACT's David Seymour reveals why melatonin, psilocybin changes were made

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 18 Jun 2025, 5:18pm
Associate Health Minister David Seymour. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Associate Health Minister David Seymour. Photo / Mark Mitchell

'We've gotten a lot of feedback': ACT's David Seymour reveals why melatonin, psilocybin changes were made

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 18 Jun 2025, 5:18pm

Changes to allow over the counter sales of sleep drug 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.

Associate Health Minister David Seymour is standing by not revealing the doctor's name -  saying they could get harassed because of people confusing it with a recreational drug.

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