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Amsterdam Mayor Proposes Three-day Wait for Magic Mushrooms

Tue, Sep 11, 2007 9:46 pm

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THE HAGUE (AFP) - A new proposal from the mayor of Amsterdam is sure to be considered a bummer by certain visitors to the Dutch city: a three-day waiting period to buy hallucinogenic mushrooms.

Mayor Job Cohen wants to require the wait period to allow mushroom buyers to fully understand exactly what it is they are purchasing, ANP news agency reported Tuesday.

The proposal seeks to prevent impulse purchases and follows several incidents that have occurred in the city involving tourists who have eaten hallucinogenic mushrooms.

In March, a 17-year-old French girl killed herself by jumping from a bridge in the city after having eaten mushrooms.

Under the proposal, potential mushroom buyers would have to show identity papers when visiting one of the "smart shops" where they are sold in the famously tolerant city.

They would then be given a card with the date listed on it, as well as fliers with information on the mushrooms.

Three days later, the mushrooms could be collected.

The mayor detailed the proposal in a letter to Dutch Health Minister Ab Klink, ANP said.

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ArmySoldier666

Oct 5 2007, 3:10 pm

To Hmmm

You are an idiot. I live in America and our country is the the awesome. What America was founded on is great but our government is another story. Fuck them because I can get beer,whiskey,weed,shrooms, and w/e else i want in america because you can make laws but you cant make the people follow them.

WEEDGOD

Oct 4 2007, 11:06 am

THERE'S NO WAITING TO LICK MY BALLS FIRST COME FIRST SERVED!

THE MIGHTY WEEDGOD HAS SPOKEN!

harrisong

Sep 26 2007, 3:29 pm

I ate it
and at once my eyes could see you.
I felt so far off
from the ground I stood on.

My legs they seemed to me like high-rise buildings
My head was high up in the sky
My skin the sun began to fry like bacon.

And then somebody old appeared and asked had I come far...
And hadn't they just seen me up on Haleakala..
I kept on body surfing to pretend I hadn't heard
There was someone there beside me, swimming like Richard the 3rd
And I'm still smiling!

Seven naked native girls swam seven sacred pools.
Lone-ranger smoking doobies said you're breaking all the rules.
You'd better get your clothes on or else there'll be a row.
If it wasn't for my sunstroke I would take you on right now.
And I'm still smiling

I fell in love with my Soft-Hearted Hana
She entered right in through my heart
And now although we're miles apart
I still feel her.

She lives beneath the crater in the meadow
She moves among the fruit and grain
You can meet her after heavy rain has fallen

- harrisong

Re: Bong hit

Sep 17 2007, 4:00 pm

I quess its a good thing your opinion doesn;t matter .

bong hit king

Sep 16 2007, 12:01 pm

thats fucking bull shit so some crazy bitch killed her self shrooms are a wonderful thing that helps people put the bull shit aside and truley fix the problems all i have to say is if your for no shrooms FUCK YOU and YOUR MOM BITCH

PoT sMoKiNg CrEw

Sep 14 2007, 3:35 pm

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Sep 14 2007, 1:56 pm

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Justin Cleveland

Sep 14 2007, 1:48 pm

Well that's kind of bogus. How do I get my papers in advance then, cuz come November I wanna trip.
Mason City, IA

dave

Sep 13 2007, 9:35 pm

i need some good bud

order early and often.

Sep 13 2007, 4:24 pm

3 days, wow Ill put my order in a month in advance so when I shopw up im clear for 1/4 of Mexican Teonactyl, and hawaian Pans.

HAILE SELASSIE

Sep 13 2007, 4:07 pm

...Im telling You All; EZ-GRO BY HOMESTEADBOOKS is fast,fun,and worth purchasing!!! This way;YOU KNOW what kind of Psilocybe mushrooms your consuming!!!Just keep THIS in mind; Growing Psilocybe Mushrooms is a VERY SERIOUS OFFENCE;just grow them for "educational purposes" OF COURSE!!!

Allusiv

Sep 13 2007, 2:18 pm

The girl who died was not of legal age to use mushrooms. Also, when someone dies because they got too drunk and did something stupid, nobody starts suggesting a 3-day wait period for buying hard liquor?

bigJ

Sep 13 2007, 11:18 am

i've had great experience with shrooms. but only if you know what your doing. Don't eat a shroom if some one hands you one. RESEARCH FIRST TARDS.

HAILE SELASSIE

Sep 13 2007, 10:22 am

Many appollogize to my People; the EZ-GRO is $120.00 and can be found at www.HOMESTEADBOOK.com or 1-800-426-677! Please don't ask TOO many question or talk of injesting ANYTHING; I think it is worth the cash!PEACE!!

electro

Sep 13 2007, 9:27 am

I can fly too.I'm on shrooms

Old Hippy

Sep 13 2007, 4:39 am

Yep .

to funny

Sep 12 2007, 6:59 pm

i don't think america is the greatest country in the world (that's just funny), but i would never trade my gun access for mushroom access.

gun ownership is our only true protection from government tyranny.

HAILE SELASSIE

Sep 12 2007, 6:46 pm

Better Yet;.....just purchase www.HOMESTEAD.com---$120.00 for a "fool-proof" and fun way to grow YOUR OWN magic mushrooms; so damn EASY;a monkey could do it....results will be most appreciated!!You get everything you need--$45.00 for refills!!!TRY IT.TIS FUN!!

HAILE SELASSIE

Sep 12 2007, 3:53 pm

They just want us tourists to wait the three days and spend more money on bud and sex and etc.!!!

IceTree

Sep 12 2007, 1:37 pm

if you're not 18 you're not supposed to be able to buy mushrooms, pot, or hash in the 'dam... if you're young most likely you can't handle them, so don't take drugs until college

To humm

Sep 12 2007, 12:50 pm

Huh ?

humm

Sep 12 2007, 12:41 pm

just to set u start americs is not the greatestcountry .. if it was you wouldnt go to gail for make a safe chose. like smoking ajoint instead of drinking beer, or whisky. if america is so great ,how come we cant stop the flood of illegal aliens ? hummbecause the goverment doesnt care about its poeple. fact,,, there the only ones alowed to grow and sell drugs.factits only a matter of time and when we get attacked again, then everyone from the gov. to the pres. will get whats coming to there croupted ass.americe will become just another 3rd world country, if we the people dont do somthing and soon.fact if you dont belive me do some research for your self, and you will see what iam talking about........

funny

Sep 12 2007, 11:04 am

In america you wait 3 days to get a hand gun and mushrooms land you in jail.

In holland you wait 3 days to get mushrooms and a hand guns land you in jail.

Why do we think america is the greatest country on earth?

johnDeere

Sep 12 2007, 9:02 am

although this may suck for most of us, I believe that it is a responsible reaction to the tragic suicide episode. I believe that it will enable one to prepare theirselves for the trip, possibly even intensifying it. yes, impulsiveness will be cut down but maybe ppl who give a sh1t, should speak...maybe propose a shorter wait. I do expect this from a civilized country, where soft drugs are tolerated.

Old Hippy

Sep 12 2007, 5:21 am

I don't eat mushrooms of any kind so my opinion here is good luck to everybody involved .

lo-bo

Sep 12 2007, 12:03 am

Naaawww -- they can still buy pot, hashish, beer, and various otc pills that don't do much. Nobody craves mushrooms. If they want a head trip, they can read about mushrooms first.

Sep 11 2007, 11:32 pm

Congrats, you have just created another underground industry in the Netherlands if this were to go through. I can see it now "Hey you, come here...you want Mushrooms today and don't want to pay tax?"

You have just created an underground.

afd

Sep 11 2007, 9:49 pm

yo momma's on crack rocks