"The current regulatory system is virtually unworkable, overly cautious and cumbersome and needs to evolve with the help and input from those practitioners who have appropriate knowledge and experience working in the psychedelic field," he said. - Dr Anthony Bloch, AMAPP Chair

READ THE FULL ABC ARTICLE HERE.


Plea for psychedelic rules reform

“AMAPP Chair Dr Anthony Bloch told newsGP the current regulations are ‘counterproductive’ and limited by too much bureaucracy, at the same time as a ‘mental health epidemic’ is taking over Australia and its healthcare systems.”

READ THE FULL RAGZP ARTICLE HERE.


Groundbreaking psychedelics ruling not groundbreaking enough

“The Australian Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Practitioners (AMAPP) aren’t the first group to criticise the TGA’s unexpected decision to down-schedule psychedelic medicines, but they’re one of the only ones to argue it didn’t go far enough.”

- Holly Payne

READ THE MEDICAL REPUBLIC ARTICLE HERE

"The main concern was not to get the medicine to as many people as possible – but how to get the medicine safely rolled out," Dr Bloch said.

READ THE FULL ABC ARTICLE HERE

WATCH THE 730 REPORT HERE

Psychedelic prescribing guidelines ‘virtually unworkable’

READ THE AUSDOC ARTICLE HERE

RETAIL PHARMACY MAGAZINE

AMAPP chair Dr. Anthony Bloch told newsGP that some of the guidelines were “fear- and ignorance-based” and have “actually almost completely prevented this from rolling out in a reasonable way.”

BENZONGA ARTICLE

Practitioners call out ‘unworkable’ psychedelic regulations

HEALTHCARE CHANNEL ARTICLE


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