1. The forum would hardly get any traffic

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2. Since the Shroomery isn't frequented by many lawyers, accurate legal information might be scarce. Inaccurate information could lead to busts.

On the first point, I agree. Everyone who has replied to this thread thinks it's a great idea, but there have only been four replies in five days. Certainly, I feel the Shroomery should promote awareness of the legalities of persuing an alternative lifestyle, but it's not exactly like Off-Topic Discussion is becoming cluttered with all the posts about legal issues. People, if you want a legal forum, speak up! I'm happy to create one if there's enough interest to warrant it.

The second point isn't as convincing to me. There's always going to be bunk advice...in fact, following bunk advice in the Mushroom Hunting forum could lead to death. It should be a given that whenever the stakes are high, you verify any information you glean off the 'net.

Anyway, just some thoughts.

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Ythan
Founder of the Shroomery

Zen is the madman yelling: "If you wanta tell me that the stars are not words, then stop calling them stars!"
- Jack Kerouac

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"If rain brings wind of change let it rain on us forever."
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I don't buy the second argument either. Its not that hard to find accurate legal information (such as cases from state supreme courts, appelate courts, and US supreme ct ) on the internet. The problem is that its scattered about and it takes a lot of time. Gathering the info together here might help those who are interested educate themselves. If not a separate forum, maybe some links to relevant cases? Such cases might include psilocybin possession, vagueness challenges of controlled substances stautes as they relate to psilocybin and mushrooms, search and seizure issues, and religious claims.

As a newcomer to the shroomery, I'm incredibly impressed with what I've seen! Thanks Ythan.

Ythan, you aren't convinced by my skillful presentation of what kinda idiotic info that could be given huh? My point is this...the "mission statement" of the Shroomery is to stop the misinformation pertaining to magic mushrooms. Last time I took a tally we didn't have alot of lawyers on board...well, I suppose we might..anything is possible. Anyhoo, how would anyone be able to moderate that forum and be helpful when blatent misinfo is given? Perhaps a greater task would be asking the shroomerites as a whole to maybe search their state law site and see if they could come up with any info re: psilocybin mushrooms... such as...
This is the info pertaining to psilocybin mushrooms for the state of Texas. Go to Search and enter psilocybin.
Then we could take all of the links and make a legal info page. Just an idea.

[This message has been edited by PsiloKitten (edited May 27, 1999).]

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Aphex
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