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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Lauren Gilmour

Using psychedelics to treat mental illnesses ‘not hippy movement,’ expert says

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The use of psychedelic drugs to treat mental health conditions is not “a weird hippy movement”, an expert has said.

Professor David Nutt will speak to the Scottish Parliament next month about a “more rational drugs policy”, before he gives a talk at the University of Edinburgh on his latest book, called Psychedelics, on September 28.

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