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MoH OK for ‘magic mushroom’ cultivation

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The granting of a licence to cultivate indigenous fungi containing psilocybin, the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms, is the first of its kind in New Zealand and a major milestone in a Māori health science collaboration led by Rangiwaho Marae, just south of Gisborne.

The licence was granted by the Ministry of Health to Rua Bioscience, a biopharmaceutical business based in Tairāwhiti that...


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