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Netherlands Bans Magic Mushrooms
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Nuclear replied on Fri Oct 12, 2007 @ 1:07pm |
 Coolness: 2604015 | Netherlands bans magic mushrooms
The Dutch government is banning the sale of all magic mushrooms after a series of high-profile incidents involving tourists who had taken them. The decision will go into effect within several months, said a spokesman for the Dutch Justice Ministry. A major Dutch producer of the psychedelic mushrooms said he stood to lose millions of euros as a result. The Netherlands is famed for its liberal drugs policy, with marijuana openly sold in licensed cafes. Magic mushrooms, more properly known as psilocybe, contain the psychedelic chemicals psilocybin and psilocin. "We intend to forbid the sale of magic mushrooms," said Justice Ministry spokesman Wim van der Weegen. "That means shops caught doing so will be closed," he said. Currently in the Netherlands the sale of dried magic mushrooms - in which the psychoactive chemicals psilocybin and psilocin are stronger - is banned but fresh mushrooms are allowed. This is because it is more difficult to ascertain how much of the chemicals fresh mushrooms contain. But Mr Van der Weegen said this was exactly the issue. "The problem with mushrooms is that their effect is unpredictable. It's impossible to estimate what amount will have what effect." Calls for a re-evaluation of the drug grew after a 17-year-old French girl jumped from a building after eating magic mushrooms during a school trip to Amsterdam in March. Other incidents involving the drug have included an Icelandic tourist jumping from a balcony and breaking both legs and a Danish tourist driving his car wildly through a camping ground, narrowly missing sleeping campers. "It's a shame, the media really blew this up into a big issue," said Chloe Collette, owner of the FullMoon shop, which sells magic mushrooms in Amsterdam. She said all the incidents had involved magic mushrooms in conjunction with other drugs. Murat Kucuksen, whose farm supplies about half the magic mushrooms on sale in the Netherlands, said he stood to lose several million euros as a result of the ban. Users of fresh mushrooms experience effects ranging from giggling fits and intensification of colours, lights and sounds to, more rarely, hallucinations. Negative effects can include vomiting, and anxiety. [ news.bbc.co.uk ] |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Smurf replied on Fri Oct 12, 2007 @ 1:10pm |
 Coolness: 43030 | [ www... ] but its the best drug ever. :( |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» JojoBizarre replied on Fri Oct 12, 2007 @ 1:12pm |
 Coolness: 295005 | man the 17 years old french was a pure dumbass, it's not the drug the prob, it was natural selection in all it's glory... |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Smurf replied on Fri Oct 12, 2007 @ 1:17pm |
| Coolness: 43030 | Natural selection is weak, it gets fucked over by re-incarnation :P |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» JojoBizarre replied on Fri Oct 12, 2007 @ 1:31pm |
| Coolness: 295005 | yah but now he will re-incarnate into a snail or a firefly or some shit like that. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cvxn replied on Fri Oct 12, 2007 @ 4:38pm |
 Coolness: 178675 | fireflies are cool, they glow. ;)
I think these incidents were caused by irresponsabilities... People shouldn't be alone when they do psychedelics, just in case it goes bad. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» AlienZeD replied on Fri Oct 12, 2007 @ 4:44pm |
 Coolness: 509590 | or maybe a magic mushroom. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» LiquidShadow replied on Sat Oct 13, 2007 @ 3:41am |
 Coolness: 33910 | plus de mush pour moi, ca décaliss trop l'estomac. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» WassUpOnEarth replied on Sat Oct 13, 2007 @ 6:04pm |
 Coolness: 47900 | wow...il s'est produit 3 "accidents" impliquant des gens sul mush. Et combien d'accidents ont eu lieu durant cette période qui n'impliquaient pas des gens sul mush? Pis pourquoi est-ce que, tout à coup comme ça, le mush deviendrait dangereux? C'est un exemple de la complète stupidité du duo média-politique.
Allez lire l'histoire de l'absinthe sur wikipedia, c'est le même genre d'absurdité. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» LiquidShadow replied on Sat Oct 13, 2007 @ 7:15pm |
| Coolness: 33910 | en fait stune tendance en Hollande, par exemple ils ont arreté de delivrer des permis de "coffee shop", faq chaque fois yen a un qui ferme, ca en fait un de moins.
faut dire qu'il y a pas mal de pression qui se fait au niveau de Bruxelles, faq.. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» juju replied on Sat Oct 13, 2007 @ 9:13pm |
| Coolness: 60390 | hmmm, c'est vrai qu'il faut pas laisser les gens tout seuls sur le mush ou le lsd. Ca peut virer en catastrophe :S |
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