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Written by jesse
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Monday, 24 March 2008 00:00 |
 This resolution was signed by hundreds of scientists that attended the World Psychedelic Forum in Basel, early 2008: |
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Read more: Resolution of the World Psychedelic Forum
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Written by jesse
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Tuesday, 05 February 2008 00:00 |
 The association of 'smart shops' (VLOS) - shops selling natural psychoactives - claims that as a result of all the media attention the turnover from sales of hallucinogenic mushrooms, or paddo's as they are called in the Netherlands, increased by 20 percent last year.
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Read more: Shrooms in high demand
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Written by vlos
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Monday, 04 February 2008 00:00 |
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 In his decision to ban shrooms Minister of Health Ab Klink has too easily brushed aside the recommendations of his own research committee. He had 'no solid arguments' says the parliament's own Bureau of Research and Government Expenditure (BOR).
The Coordinationpoint Assessment and Monitoring new drugs (CAM), the most important advisory organ for the Minister of Health, concluded in October that the use of shrooms posed such a low risk for individual health and society in general, that a ban would be unnecessary and undesirable.
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Read more: Ban on Magic Mushroom too easy
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Written by jesse
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Wednesday, 23 January 2008 00:00 |
 December 6, 7 and 8 the International Drug Policy Reform Conference took place in New Orleans. Speakers from different fields of expertise gathered to discuss the various aspects of current drug use and policy, and all of these talks can now be read, heard or watched on the website of the Drug Policy Alliance.
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Read more: International Drug Policy Reform Conference
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Written by jesse
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Friday, 04 January 2008 00:00 |
 By Geraldine Baum, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
Amsterdam - After dropping their packs at a hostel, Ryan Ainsworth and his buddy Richie Bendelow found a shop selling 500 herbal potions that promised to make them high and happy in 500 ways. But the young British tourists went right for the hallucinogenic mushrooms, packaged in clear plastic containers just like the ordinary ones at the greengrocer back home.
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Read more: Sex, drugs and second thoughts
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Written by jesse
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Monday, 29 October 2007 00:00 |
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 This Saturday the Save The Shroom protest took place at the Dam square in Amsterdam. Several hundred shroom enthusiasts from all over the Netherlands gathered to protest against the ill-advised and weakly reasoned ban on the shroom. The atmosphere was very relaxed, with colourful banners and mushrooms everywhere.
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Read more: Protest on the Dam
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Written by ABC News
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Monday, 15 October 2007 00:00 |
Dutch Say "No" Again, This Time to Hallucinogenic Mushrooms
By BEDE MOORE
For many years the Netherlands glowed as a beacon in the eyes of travelers eager to indulge in the various vices sanctioned in the city's famed red-light district.
The tolerated sale of marijuana, the legal procurement of prostitutes in red-light districts, and the convenient location of "smartshops" selling fresh hallucinogenic mushrooms all helped lure tourists to Europe's northwestern edge.
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Read more: Amsterdam Outlaws Magic Mushrooms [ABC News thought]
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Written by jesse
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Wednesday, 10 October 2007 00:00 |
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 The Dutch press is fully occupied with it: minister Ab Klink of Health wants to ban the magic mushroom this week. He is supported by the parties CDA, VVD and Christian Union. Despite advises of the National Organisation for smartshops, Mayor of Amsterdam Job Cohen and a recent study that concluded that use of magic mushrooms carries very little to no risks.
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Read more: Last hour seems to come for the magic mushroom
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