Hallucinogenic truffles replace banned magic mushrooms
Posted: Mon 16th Feb 2009 03:15 pm
Hallucinogenic truffles replace banned magic mushrooms
16 February 2009
Free newspaper De Pers reports on hallucinogenic truffles which have taken the place of the magic mushrooms banned in December 2008.
In reaction to questions in parliament, Health Minister Ab Klink confirmed that the hallucinogenic truffles, called sclerotia, and magic mushroom grow kits are not covered by the ban.
As a result, many of the so-called 'smart shops' now have signs in their windows advertising the hallucinogenic truffles, which are sold under the name philosophers' stones.
A spokesperson for the branch organisation of smart shops says the list of mushrooms included in the health minister's ban "is nonsense”. He said it was copied from some German website
which in turn copied it from a natural history museum "in some Italian hamlet".
"The list is full of errors, and 90 percent of the banned mushrooms are not used by people anyway."
A spokesperson for the health minister said the minister did not say his list was carved in stone.
"Some species may be added to the list, just as some species may be removed from it."
De Pers writes that in the meantime, sales are booming, even though the truffles have a lower content of psychoactive substances than magic mushrooms.
However, a smart shop owner said the truffles are just as strong, but have a different effect: "Magic mushrooms are more hallucinogenic, truffles make you turn inward, surf your mind".
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16 February 2009
Free newspaper De Pers reports on hallucinogenic truffles which have taken the place of the magic mushrooms banned in December 2008.
In reaction to questions in parliament, Health Minister Ab Klink confirmed that the hallucinogenic truffles, called sclerotia, and magic mushroom grow kits are not covered by the ban.
As a result, many of the so-called 'smart shops' now have signs in their windows advertising the hallucinogenic truffles, which are sold under the name philosophers' stones.
A spokesperson for the branch organisation of smart shops says the list of mushrooms included in the health minister's ban "is nonsense”. He said it was copied from some German website
which in turn copied it from a natural history museum "in some Italian hamlet".
"The list is full of errors, and 90 percent of the banned mushrooms are not used by people anyway."
A spokesperson for the health minister said the minister did not say his list was carved in stone.
"Some species may be added to the list, just as some species may be removed from it."
De Pers writes that in the meantime, sales are booming, even though the truffles have a lower content of psychoactive substances than magic mushrooms.
However, a smart shop owner said the truffles are just as strong, but have a different effect: "Magic mushrooms are more hallucinogenic, truffles make you turn inward, surf your mind".
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