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5 July 2009 02:18
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The day is today - 1st of December 2008 when A Dutch law banning the possession and sale of magic mushrooms (hallucinogenic drugs) has come into force.
The Dutch parliament called for the ban after a 17-year-old French girl who had allegedly taken magic mushrooms jumped off a building and died last year. Until now there had been no restriction on the sale of the drug, which, being a natural product, was only subject to the same regulations as fruit and vegetables.
Details of the regulation are being made public on Monday by the public prosecutor's office. It is still unclear who will enforce the new rules, and what legal sanctions offenders will face.
But this has become legally impossible because the mushrooms now fall under the remit of the so-called Opium Law, where it has been added to the list of illegal substances.
The new rules were proposed by Christian Democrat Health Minister Ab Klink. With the law in force, the possession and cultivation of hallucinogenic mushrooms has become illegal.
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=70496f08-384c-402c-b3c7-3e5f1e032e40&p=1
Related topic:
http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/080229-holland-nanny-state
"More restrictions on marijuana use, a ban on magic mushrooms, restrictions on setting off fireworks on New Year's Eve. These are just a few of measures proposed by Jan Peter Balkenende's fourth cabinet. Critics say the government is creating a nanny state."
http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/ned070328mc
A French couple is holding the Dutch state responsible for the death of their 17-year-old daughter who jumped to her death from a bridge in Amsterdam last Saturday
Though no link had been established between the product and the girl's death, it led a majority of lawmakers to call for a ban.
According to Van Oyen, no investigation had been carried out into the French girl's death "and there is no proof that mushrooms were the cause".
He accused the minister of making his decision on the back of arguments "that are beyond reason".
(according her friends and even many french & international news sources she suffered from psychological problems before her death in March)
Around 500,000 "doses" of packaged mushrooms are sold here annually. According to a study published in January by Amsterdam's health services said the city's emergency services were summoned 148 times to deal with a bad reaction to mushrooms in 2004-2006. Of those 134 were foreigners, with Britons forming the largest group.
Since Caroff's death, a number of other dramatic stories involving mushrooms have been reported in the Dutch press, including a 22-year-old British tourist who ran amok in a hotel, breaking his window and slicing his hand badly.
Each case also involved the use of alcohol — against the advice of sellers — but it was the mushrooms that were blamed.
Many herbal medicines have quietly been outlawed as well.
After last election when heavlily religius people come to power in Netherlands many relatively safe drugs have been banned like Ephedra, yohimbe, herbal 'Ecstasy now mushrooms. 2009 they will start to take more serious steps to close down coffe chops and limit porn.
The Dutch parliament called for the ban after a 17-year-old French girl who had allegedly taken magic mushrooms jumped off a building and died last year. Until now there had been no restriction on the sale of the drug, which, being a natural product, was only subject to the same regulations as fruit and vegetables.
Details of the regulation are being made public on Monday by the public prosecutor's office. It is still unclear who will enforce the new rules, and what legal sanctions offenders will face.
But this has become legally impossible because the mushrooms now fall under the remit of the so-called Opium Law, where it has been added to the list of illegal substances.
The new rules were proposed by Christian Democrat Health Minister Ab Klink. With the law in force, the possession and cultivation of hallucinogenic mushrooms has become illegal.
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=70496f08-384c-402c-b3c7-3e5f1e032e40&p=1
Related topic:
http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/080229-holland-nanny-state
"More restrictions on marijuana use, a ban on magic mushrooms, restrictions on setting off fireworks on New Year's Eve. These are just a few of measures proposed by Jan Peter Balkenende's fourth cabinet. Critics say the government is creating a nanny state."
http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/ned070328mc
A French couple is holding the Dutch state responsible for the death of their 17-year-old daughter who jumped to her death from a bridge in Amsterdam last Saturday
Though no link had been established between the product and the girl's death, it led a majority of lawmakers to call for a ban.
According to Van Oyen, no investigation had been carried out into the French girl's death "and there is no proof that mushrooms were the cause".
He accused the minister of making his decision on the back of arguments "that are beyond reason".
(according her friends and even many french & international news sources she suffered from psychological problems before her death in March)
Around 500,000 "doses" of packaged mushrooms are sold here annually. According to a study published in January by Amsterdam's health services said the city's emergency services were summoned 148 times to deal with a bad reaction to mushrooms in 2004-2006. Of those 134 were foreigners, with Britons forming the largest group.
Since Caroff's death, a number of other dramatic stories involving mushrooms have been reported in the Dutch press, including a 22-year-old British tourist who ran amok in a hotel, breaking his window and slicing his hand badly.
Each case also involved the use of alcohol — against the advice of sellers — but it was the mushrooms that were blamed.
Many herbal medicines have quietly been outlawed as well.
After last election when heavlily religius people come to power in Netherlands many relatively safe drugs have been banned like Ephedra, yohimbe, herbal 'Ecstasy now mushrooms. 2009 they will start to take more serious steps to close down coffe chops and limit porn.
1 December 2008 14:40