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Re:MDMA and Psilocybin Are Approved as Medicines for the Fir... by perilunar on Friday February 03, 2023 @11:24PM (#34651510)
> Remember this is Australia - a very conservative country

Lol. Australia is less conservative than the US. We are much less religious, sex work is legal, and the drinking age is lower. Marijuana is widely available and accepted, and its legal status is irrelevant most of the time.

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Re:MDMA and Psilocybin Are Approved as Medicines for the Fir... by askvictor on Friday February 03, 2023 @11:28PM (#34651536)
It's really a funny one. In many things we're very conservative, in others, much less so. And it's not quite clear why, in which areas. The US is a big place, and varies wildly state-to-state, so not worth comparing as a whole.
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Re:MDMA and Psilocybin Are Approved as Medicines for the Fir... by doubleunplussed on Saturday February 04, 2023 @01:06AM (#34651997)
Yeah, it's patchy. Most porn being illegal and erectile dysfunction drugs not being covered by the PBS are two things that come to mind on the conservative side.
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