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"A catalyst": Broadcaster opens up about being in psychedelic drug trials

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 19 Jun 2025, 12:41pm
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"A catalyst": Broadcaster opens up about being in psychedelic drug trials

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 19 Jun 2025, 12:41pm

Changes to allow over the counter sales of 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. 

Broadcaster Sonia Gray has been trialling psychedelic drugs as an anxiety treatment, and joined Kerre Woodham to speak about her experience. 

“Nothing is a silver bullet, and nothing is going to work for everybody all the time, but we need more tools.” 

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