MindFuel Blog

This year, four Australian institutions will start recruiting for separate research into using psilocybin and MDMA for PTSD, addiction, depression and anxiety.Edith Cowan and Monash universities will begin separate trials into the potential for MDMA to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. St Vincent's Hospital Sydney will examine the impact of psilocybin on preventing methamphetamine relapse, Monash will study its effect on...

Have you used Cannabis (including both herbal cannabis and cannabis-based pharmaceuticals) for medicinal reasons in the past year? If you have and you live in New Zealand, then Massey University researchers would love to hear from you! Please complete their New Zealand medical cannabis use survey at: https://medcansurvey.shore.ac.nz/ It will take about 10-20 minutes to complete the survey. You can...

A new kava study into drinking kava and driving has shown some unexpected results regarding a kava drinker's reaction times.  The study observed twenty kava drinking participants whose average age was mid-thirties and predominantly male. The studies findings do not match up with generally-held assumptions that kava impairs a user's ability to drive safely. Sara Vui-Talitu has more on Radio...