Inside the legal MDMA and psilocybin magic mushroom trade | The Business | ABC NEWS

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For decades, MDMA, also known as ecstasy or molly, has been traded underground and illegally ingested in the shadows of parties and nightclubs. It is a hard drug known for its euphoric high, and side effects can be fatal. But at a manufacturing hub in Brisbane, MDMA is being packed into capsules, for hospitals and clinics across the country. It isn't the only drug processed at the lab. Bags of mushrooms are weighed before the active ingredient inside, known as psilocybin, is extracted. On the black market they are known as magic mushrooms and are sold for their hallucinogen effects. But in this facility, they have a therapeutic use. The business manufacturing these drugs is Breathe Life Sciences. It's been granted one of the highly regulated licences to work with these drugs in Australia. For the first time, the ABC can take you behind the scenes of its production line, inside the vaults, and all the way to the patients in therapy. In 2023, Australia changed its laws, becomi

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