Dutch Labour Party: ‘lift ban on magic mushrooms’

Lea Bouwmeester, MP of the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA) says she would like to see a roll back of the much-criticized mushroom ban. She claims the ban is ineffective and does not tackle the actual problems.

She believes combined use of alcohol and drugs amongst tourists is the main issue, and not particularly the use of mushrooms. “Statistics prove this, as 95 percent of ambulance calls related to drugs concerns tourists who have consumed several types of drugs together, often combined with alcohol.”

Just like the mayor of Amsterdam suggested in 2007, Bouwmeester wants to regulate the sale of shrooms and force people to consider their use by introducing a three day wait between purchase and consumption.

Recently, other Dutch political parties Groenlinks (GreenLeft) and D66 (Democrats 66) announced they are against the ban and in favor of regulating its sales.

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Comments

adoma - 2009-10-14 16:46:04

Well for 1 i'm happy for this, but on the otherside i'm mad that this is once again in the news.

Every fucking mushroom except the sclerotia is banned, except for homegrow.
I'm happy with that for i can still grow and therefore still use every shroom.
Alcohol, tabacco and weed is also beeing supressed by Klinks ashole politics.
But now this hippy politician of the BACKSTABBING PvdA is bringing this IN THE NEWS and trying to be popular, by saying it's also the cause of other drugs and alcohol.
And since minister Klink is a fucking jack-ass, it wouldn't surprise me that he will ban EVERY DRUGS, COMPLETELY!

Leave it alone and fuck the tourists!
The shroom is holy and not some tourist attraction.

diocane - 2009-10-15 20:35:31

Reading around on the web it really seems that dutch government is not able to make up its mind on drug related matters...
Maybe someone willing to reopen the recently closed coffeeshops?

Well good news anyhow..

Lev - 2009-10-15 20:41:35

I get the impression that this 3-day wait policy is not necessarily just acting to encourage people to re-think their decision, but is probably more realistically a way or trying to prevent the use of mushrooms by touristy types, by requiring planning. After all, wasn't it some stupid French tourist who killed herself that lead to people taking notice of the the "possible harm" when used by people who shouldn't be using them..?

But personally, I find the whole scenario incredibly hypocritical in light of Hollands justification for allowing the sell of Cannabis - that it is a health issue (not criminal) and since its negative effects are fairly small in scope that its better to regulate things (as they do somewhat with Cannabis) instead of outright prohibiting them. I mean, is that just me, or shouldn't mushrooms fall into that same philosophy..?

DrFrog - 2009-10-16 10:41:14

Good. I believe alcohol combined with mushrooms can be really messed up, not from personal experience but I have had friends do this and it was not pretty

Breaker - 2009-10-17 12:58:51

"They wanna control mankind, seems like a rolling intention to exploit the earth ! ... I can see slavery in these days its mind control,they make it attractive to get man destructive....korrupting yah, polluting yah , destroing ...YOUR SOUL ! " (stephen marley- mind control)

Kru - 2009-10-19 21:28:16

Fuckin' A :D

Serpico - 2009-10-22 02:44:48

Where was this lady when they implemented the ban??Sometimes I get cynical and I think the only reason why these politicians say they're against the ban is they know the f***ing EU will never let it be overturned anyhow :(

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