Using psychedelics in mental health treatment ‘not hippy movement’, says expert

Professor David Nutt will host a talk in Edinburgh next month about his new book, Psychedelics (Tim Ireland/PA)

The use of psychedelic drugs to treat mental health conditions is not “a weird hippy movement”, an expert has said.

Professor David Nutt will speak to the Scottish Parliament next month about a “more rational drugs policy”, before he gives a talk at the University of Edinburgh on his latest book, called Psychedelics, on September 28.