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The Māori-led kaupapa that’s helping meth addicts recover using psychedelics

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By Katie Oliver

A clinical trial into the use of psychedelic mushrooms to treat methamphetamine addiction is under way - with an East Coast marae leading the kaupapa.

Rangiwaho Marae, in East Coast’s Tairāwhiti Gisborne, is starting a clinical trial that involves psilocybin, the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms, to treat whānau affected by methamphetamine.

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