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Court upholds magic mushroom ban
14 April 2009

The ban on the cultivation and sale of hallucinogenic mushrooms introduced last December is not against the law, the appeal court in The Hague said on Tuesday.

The owners of shops which sold the mushrooms had gone to court in an effort to get the ban overturned. They argue there is no scientific proof that mushrooms are dangerous and had demanded compensation for loss of income

But the judges said there were no legal reasons to overturn the ban, which was brought in following several serious incidents involving tourists. Today's ruling upholds a lower court verdict from November 2008.

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fuckers!!

Any updates on whether they are moving to close the loophole on truffles?

So much that can be said about this, but whats the point? it's been said before. Given respect, psychedelics can be very beneficial in my view. before they were banned in Britain, the government asked the world health organisation for their view & the gist of the reply was that they posed no risk to public health. The politicians use scaremongering to push their own agendas. Hypocrites, plain and simple.