Call to Action

To those who value compassion, reverence & autonomy:

The members of the Palliative Care Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Coalition (the Coalition) are seeking your support.

In 2023, Psychedelic medicines were made available in Australia for the treatment of mental illness Psilocybin, the active ingredient from psychedelic mushrooms, can now be used legally for treatment-resistant depression.

But, in supportive therapeutic environments, psilocybin has also shown promising outcomes for existential distress towards the end of life. Clinical trials consistently report a shift away from dread and hopelessness, with a renewed sense of presence and reconnection. People often experience the profound realisation that one can still exercise choice in how to live, even in the context of a terminal diagnosis.

The Coalition believes that it is unethical in palliative care to deny a person the choice of a promising treatment that may allow them to find greater happiness in the limited time they have left.

On this basis, the End Wise project aims to amend the regulations in Australia, allowing access to psilcoybin-assisted therapy for those in palliative care. We submitted the application for this amendment to the TGA in March 2025. You can read it here.

We collaborated with leaders in the Australian and international medical and psychedelic fields to produce this application. But this initiative will only be successful with widespread support.

A public consultation period begins in late April, and now we need broad professional and public support.

In the original rescheduling of MDMA and psilocybin more than 13,000 submissions were made. Over 95% supported rescheduling. The TGA acknowledged that this public support was considered in their decision. Your voice will make a difference.

To support this initiative, enter your details below. We’ll email you when the public consultation begins in the coming weeks.

If you have the capability to provide additional support beyond the public submission period, make a note to let us know in the form.

Please share this website with friends and colleagues. Let’s create a groundswell of support for those in the final days of their lives, as well as the families and friends they will leave behind.