Netherlands bans magic mushrooms

[NewHampster]

Oh the horror.





From the BBC
The Dutch government is banning the sale of all magic mushrooms after a series of high-profile incidents involving tourists who had taken them.

The decision will go into effect within several months, said a spokesman for the Dutch Justice Ministry.

A major Dutch producer of the psychedelic mushrooms said he stood to lose millions of euros as a result. ...

Full Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7041961.stm

[johnnie]

1. Bastards!

Yet *another* reason not to move to the Netherlands

[MonkeyFunk]

2. Shit..,.

that's the ONLY way to enjoy the Van Gogh museum!

[MrCoffee]

3. i was "Space Caked" out of my skull when i got caught in a riot in Amsterdam

tear gas and molotov's look FREAKY when you're trippin.

[Rambis]

4. Holy Psilocybin bat man!

what will the tourists do now?

[JVS]

5. I'm hoping Estonia or Latvia look into this and realize that they could become rich as fuck by...

saying "Just come up the seacoast from down there and we'll let you do whatever you like"

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

6. Welcome to our world

:cry:

[NewHampster]

7. say what

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

8. :)

[NewHampster]

9. ooh I like that

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

10. thanks

[BlueJazz]

15. Oh yes...I remember flying around my own reality...what fun!

[Hand]

11. Hieronymus Bosch is spinning in his grave.

Tell me he wasn't majorly baked most of the time... go ahead... :rofl: :silly: :crazy:

[NewHampster]

12. Looks more like Bourbon to me

[Hand]

17. Definitely gotta switch brands!

If that's what it does for you! :rofl:

[tigereye]

20. ah

:rofl:

[Adsos Letter]

16. LOL!!!

I've always wondered about that...I can hear the professor now..."The topic of your paper is to deconstruct the cultural symbols as viewed through the eyes of a thoroughly baked Bosch...you may use 2 bluebooks"...

:D

[NewHampster]

13. Dang

[CrownPrinceBandar]

14. Dumb.....

Stupid tourists who probably shouldn't be using the first place will single-handedly shut down the livelihoods of several legitimate entrepreneurs. How is that serving the public good?

[Chovexani]

18. The Mario Bros. could not be reached for comment.

[StrongBad]

19. Hopefully this isn't a slippery slope and the good herb is still safe

I've heard that politicians in the Netherlands are becoming increasingly annoyed by the status of marijuana and the so called "coffee shops" in the country.

Hopefully this isn't a stepping stone to banning everything.

[tigereye]

21. those reactions seem pretty extreme

seems like a trip to the woods would have been much healthier.



Driving a car while on hallucinogens seems rather ill-advised.

[MrScorpio]

22. As the Dutch are usually responsible regarding drug usage...

You can usually expect those idiotic drug tourists to fuck things up

[NewHampster]

23. damn tourists

[jonnyblitz]

24. yeah I had quite the mushroom "incident" while visiting my sister

who lived there at the time. :rofl: :rofl:

I prefer the space cake anyway. :D