why are magic mushrooms illegal

wozzizname said:
I know two blokes who did a few too many mushrooms, and ended up needing professional psychological help - one was sectioned. You have to ask yourself if it's worth it ?
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Moderation. There's always some clown who over does it (I know, I have been that clown)

Do too much of anything and you will pay the price
 
I have imbibed numerous cups of mushroom tea in my time, as well as most of my friends. Good for the lols and not much of a comedown.

Their is nowt wrong with them. In fact, everybody should try it once. It is a bloody joke that it is now illegal for one to walk up a hill and eat things off the ground.
 
RadoX said:
theres no evidence that they have sent a allready sane person crazy. some bloke you know does not count.
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Quite true, at the same some no evidence doesn't mean it can't. Anyway I'm not disputing that it made him mentally ill, what I am saying is that it drove him into a hallucinogenic rage induced by, in this case, the drugs

- GP
 
Alcohol is commonly drunk by almost everyone every Friday night.

Could you imagine the same amount of people started chomping on magic mushrooms.
 
I find it a bit suspicious how drugs that give interesting and pleasurable effects are illegal while others that do little or cause mostly negative/depressive effects are legal.

Imagine a clever inventor came up with a small device that you can stick to your head and produce any number effects similar to the usual illegal drugs but with no side effects, imagine it got popular, what do you think would happen, would they ban it?

I bet they would...
 
chaosdestro0 said:
Does anyone else want a direct democracy so we can get rid of stupid laws like this?
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Good god no, there is nothing good about direct democracy and everything bad about it.

As for people comparing smoking and drink. If drugs were legalised useage would increase and they're effects would be magnified. One of the biggest reasons alcohol always comes out as the worst drug is due to sheer usage and the cost of millions of people getting drunk.
 
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Radiation said:
I find it a bit suspicious how drugs that give interesting and pleasurable effects are illegal while others that do little or cause mostly negative/depressive effects are legal.

Imagine a clever inventor came up with with a small dive that you can stick to your head and produce any number effects similar to the usual illegal drugs but with no side effects, imagine it got popular, what do you think would happen, would they ban it?

I bet they would...
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I'm sure if it could be licensed it would be fine. Same with shrooms etc. if it could be licensed then I'm sure it would be legal.

Besides, the more people took it then I reckon there would be proper studies in how to counter the side effects ( no matter how small) and it would be perfectly fine

- GP
 
AcidHell2 said:
Good god no, there is nothing good about direct democracy and everything bad about it.

As for people comparing smoking and drink. If drugs were legalised use page would increase and they're effects would be magnified. One of the biggest reasons alcohol always comes out as the worst drug is due to sheer usage and the cost of millions of people getting drunk.
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Bingo

- GP
 
PapaLazaru said:
I have imbibed numerous cups of mushroom tea in my time, as well as most of my friends. Good for the lols and not much of a comedown.

Their is nowt wrong with them. In fact, everybody should try it once. It is a bloody joke that it is now illegal for one to walk up a hill and eat things off the ground.
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Tea? A pre packaged kiddie dose? In higher dosage it can be a very intense experience, and should not be on the open market "for lol". It's a life changing deep spiritual experience, and should not be done without carefull consideration.
 
wozzizname said:
I know two blokes who did a few too many mushrooms, and ended up needing professional psychological help - one was sectioned. You have to ask yourself if it's worth it ?
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Realy?

I bet they were doing more than mushrooms. Do you know if they were taking pharmaceuticals ? did they have pre existing psychological problems?

Most people that take shrooms rarely want to take them again right away. shrooms is similar to lsd in the sense that you can take it once and enjoy it, but never want to take it again.

This is why I say that combining all the psychoactive chemicals under one banner and calling them "illegal and harmful drugs" is just incorrect. There are far worse legal drugs than mushrooms or even cannabis.

The reason while shrooms are illegal is not just one reason, it is several factors.
 
The issue is that with alcohol you can feel yourself getting drunk, and most people can choose to stop before they have too much. It's a choice thing to drink more, and if you do something stupid because you're drunk then it's your responsibility because you should've stopped drinking before losing control.

Other drugs aren't quite so easy to control, once consumed that's it, you're on that trip whether you like it or not. That's why they are more dangerous.
 
Zefan said:
The issue is that with alcohol you can feel yourself getting drunk, and most people can choose to stop before they have too much. It's a choice thing to drink more, and if you do something stupid because you're drunk then it's your responsibility because you should've stopped drinking before losing control.

Other drugs aren't quite so easy to control, once consumed that's it, you're on that trip whether you like it or not. That's why they are more dangerous.
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Bang on.
 
RadoX said:
the storys on there are about DMT another illegal drug that has never killed anyone or sent anyone insane and has been used by tribes for 100s of years yet its illegal for no reason.
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You mean apart from the reasons that it isn't good for large portions of the public to walk around intoxicated. Drugs that cause this, are either banned or regulated. Even alcohol has social laws like
Being drunk, drunk&disorderly as well as more specific laws like boarding aircraft, being in charge of children under a certain age and things like that.

If it wasn't for long history of alcohol and tax revenue it would be banned rather than other drugs being allowed.
 
Zefan said:
The issue is that with alcohol you can feel yourself getting drunk, and most people can choose to stop before they have too much. It's a choice thing to drink more, and if you do something stupid because you're drunk then it's your responsibility because you should've stopped drinking before losing control.

Other drugs aren't quite so easy to control, once consumed that's it, you're on that trip whether you like it or not. That's why they are more dangerous.
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you take mushrooms expecting this to happen ? so you have a friend who isnt on them with you to look after you or you take them in a safe place ? also the first time you dont go and put 200 in a tea, the same as the first time you drink you dont down a bottle of vodka ? stupid people cause problems not mushrooms.
 
Andy90 said:
Wrong.

It used to be only an offence to prepare or dry them. In 2005 the legislation (Misuse of Drugs Act 1971) was amended to include posession of fresh mushrooms. So you cannot possess them full stop.

As to the OP - bear in mind in 2008 the Government of the Netherlands announced they were going to ban them in the Netherlands. They're fairly lenient with regards to Drug use - if the Dutch consider them to be harmful then I would suggest there is a risk to health.
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You can pick em wild.
You can make a soup or tea.
You can drink the tea, nothing illegal teanspired.
Then 2005 hit and it changed, and a certain biochemistry prof was mighty ****ed off.
No mushroom soup for him anymore.
 
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