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Een post eerder zijn op het blog de kamervragendie  L.Bouwmeester van de PvdA stelde gepubliceerd. Het Kamerlid stelde deze vragen naar aanleiding van een  krantenartikel in de Trouw over het gebruik van Sclerotia, beter bekend als Magic Truffels. Continue reading →

Kamervragen Pv/dA over Truffel gebruik en verkoop

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Take a trip

Trip or tripping means a psychedelic experience after taking a hallucinogenic or psychedelic drug like LSD, mescaline or magic mushrooms.  It refers to the journey (trip) in to the mind. But tripping  is also used when you feel that the drugs (any kind of drugs) you took is working. An trip is also used for the period of time the drugs is having affect on you. Continue reading →

Omstreeks deze tijd worden de muurschilderingen gemaakt bij het Tassili Plateau in het zuiden van Algarije. Hierop zijn afbeeldingen te zien van dansende sjamanen die paddo’s vasthouden. Er zijn meer dan 15.000 schilderingen ontdekt, waaronder afbeeldingen van wezens die op astronauten lijken. Koren op de molen voor alternatieve geschiedschrijvers.

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Magic Mushrooms Shop

Gelukkig nieuw jaar Tsjechië ! Het gedoogbeleid dat hier in Nederland langzaam maar zeker wordt afgebroken is een mooi export product gebleken. Vanaf 1 januari 2010 is het in Tsjechië toegestaan om kleine hoeveelheden drugs in bezit te hebben. Dit in navolging van de rechters die hier voor al geen straffen meer oplegden. Continue reading →

Dutch mushroom ban successful

It became clear today that the Dutch government is continuing the ban on magic mushrooms. Ths despite the wish of the left wing parties to lift it. (PvdA, D66, GroenLinks)

Today there was a debate in Dutch Parliament analyzing the effectiveness of the mushroom ban. Minister of Health, Ab Klink and Minister of Justice, Hirsch Ballin come to the conclusion that the ban is a success, when considering the very few magic mushroom related incidents this year.
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Mushroom ban no solution

According to the PvdA Member of Parliament (Labour Party) Lea Bouwmeester: “The ban on mushrooms doesn’t seem to be the solution to the problem of drug using tourists and it should be lifted again.”
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The Ban

The Dutch ban on mushrooms came into effect on December First, 2008. From this point on it is illegal to sell and grow fresh and dry magic mushrooms as a retailer and wholesaler.  Mushrooms are classified as a class 2 drug, what categorizes them as illegal soft drugs, just as marihuana. But unlike cannabis the commercial sale is not allowed.
Mushroom incidents
The ban is the result of several mushroom related incidents that happened earlier that year. A French depressed girl jumped to her death.

In the parliament the majority of the leading parties (CDA, VVD, CU and PVV) insisted on a complete ban.

Klink ignores research

The minister of health, Ab Klink, initiated an investigation to map the risks and dangers of Magic Mushrooms. The investigation is done by the CAM. This is a group, part of the Dutch ministry of health, that assesses and monitors (new) drugs. The conclusion of their findings is:

“The use of hallucinogenic mushrooms has such little danger to the individual health and the society that outlawing it would be an instrument too heavy when considering the little damage and problems caused by its’ current use. “

Source :Risicoschatting van psilocine en psilocybine bevattende paddenstoelen (paddo’s) 2007 paddo's-risicoschattingsrapport-2007

Minister of health decides to ignore the report of the CAM (for the first time a minister does this in Dutch history) and he proceeds with the ban. Making it illegal to grow and sell magic mushrooms for commercial use.

Despite the ban, magic mushroom grow kits and magic truffles, also known as philosopher stones, triprocks and sclerotia remain legal.

Magic Mushrooms shop

Helaas, het is duidelijk dat het kabinet het paddoverbod niet gaat terugdraaien. Dit was toch de wens van de linkse partijen.(pvda.d'66, groenlinks) Continue reading →