Hallucinogenic mushrooms as medicine, in Weekend Argus newspaper

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Medical technology breakthroughs that we take for granted: birth control; c-sections; penicillin, cataract surgery. What if we had a similar breakthrough technology for the treatment of mood disorders and addictions?

Our constitution upholds the right to have access to evidence-based health care... but what if our laws regarding certain drugs get in the way of that right?

Next year, the Western Cape High Court will be asked to decide about psilocybin mushrooms.

The Weekend Argus (Sunday edition), in a Q&A with science writer Leonie Joubert about The Psychonauts podcast, which looks at the therapeutic potential of psychedelics (psychedelics as medicine), ahead of hallucinogenic mushrooms going on trial in SA in 2018.