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Australia approves ecstasy and magic mushrooms for medical use

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Earlier this year, researchers raised eyebrows when Australia's traditionally conservative medicines regulator approved the use of psychedelics to assist therapy sessions.

The decision will see psilocybin, found in magic mushrooms, used for treatment-resistant depression. It will also allow MDMA, known as ecstasy in tablet form, for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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Anyone here familiar with any studies done on psilocybin and tremor? I have been very curious about trying it, but saw something somewhere I can't remember where, about the possibility of increases in tremor.

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