© AFP via Getty ImagesPsilocybin, the psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms, has been shown to have therapeutic benefits.
It's a worldwide first that comes as research uncovers how psychedelic drugs have real potential for treating mental health conditions.
"Australia is creating an interesting model that could pave the way forward for the rest of the world," Dr. Michael Alpert, a psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School, told ABC News.
Comment: The West, perhaps, but it seems the multipolar world is at least, first, attempting to improve the lives of its citizenry.
MDMA is a synthetic hallucinogen, often linked to rave parties, that's also known as "molly" or "ecstasy."
According to the new rules established by Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration, MDMA can be prescribed only to treat post-traumatic stress disorder by authorized psychiatrists.
Psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, will only be prescribed to treat depression that hasn't responded to other therapies.
Comment: Whilst there does appear to be a very real and beneficial aspect to using these drugs in specific therapies, overall, it seems that rather than address the causes of these issues - such as poverty and general societal breakdown - governments, and even the healthcare community, are instead encouraging people to numb their pain with drugs, or worse, to end it entirely with euthanasia: