|
Bridgeburner
Not spiritual at all.




Registered: 09/16/06
Posts: 20,010
|
Sales of Magic Mushrooms Booming
#7979448 - 02/04/08 07:30 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
http://www.nisnews.nl/public/050208_3.htm
Sellers of 'magic mushrooms' claim that their turnover has increased substantially as a result of attention for their product in the media. In 2007, the rise in the number of incidents was lower than the rise in sales, they stressed.
The association of 'smart shops' (VLOS) - shops selling natural drugs - claims that their turnover from sales of hallucinogenic fungi increased by 20 percent last year. The municipal health authority GGD in Amsterdam reported that people had to be taken to hospital by ambulance 146 times last year after using magic mushrooms. That was 15 percent more often than in 2006 (125).
Health Minister Ab Klink and Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin decided last year to ban the cultivation and sale of the fungi in their fresh state. At present they are only banned when dried. The effects are identical. The Lower House still has to vote on the proposal.
VLOS executive committee member Guy Boels attributes the growth in turnover to the commotion that arose last year after a French girl jumped off a bridge and other incidents with tourists in Amsterdam who ate magic mushrooms. He points out that the increase in the number of incidents is not as high as the turnover increase. The smartshop holders use this reasoning to back their opposition to the imminent ban on the fungi.
The smartshop holders support a proposal made by Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen, who does not wish to ban the mushrooms. He suggests that buyers should be made to wait three days before collecting their purchase. However, the cabinet has rejected Cohen's plan.
Cohen's intention was to prevent impulsive behaviour by tourists who are only in Amsterdam briefly. Foreign users are responsible for about 90 percent of the incidents that took place after using the mushrooms.
--------------------
|
norml840
sex toy guru



Registered: 10/19/07
Posts: 3,170
Loc: lost
|
Re: Sales of Magic Mushrooms Booming [Re: Bridgeburner]
#7979592 - 02/04/08 07:55 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
ignorant unstable nutjobs jumping off bridges and freakin out on mushrooms have ruined it for the rest of us who can handle a journey into our inner minds.
|
Robo
R Series 66Y
Registered: 05/08/07
Posts: 14,861
|
Re: Sales of Magic Mushrooms Booming [Re: Bridgeburner]
#7979684 - 02/04/08 08:11 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
|
LayYouIn
Taurus


Registered: 09/28/06
Posts: 4,402
Loc: Organ
|
Re: Sales of Magic Mushrooms Booming [Re: norml840]
#7979696 - 02/04/08 08:12 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
norml840 said: ignorant unstable nutjobs jumping off bridges and freakin out on mushrooms have ruined it for the rest of us who can handle a journey into our inner minds.
there will be an argument from every angle.
|
NShroomT
Stranger



Registered: 12/04/06
Posts: 127
Last seen: 15 years, 7 months
|
Re: Sales of Magic Mushrooms Booming [Re: LayYouIn]
#7979719 - 02/04/08 08:16 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
"There will be an argument from every angle" <------This is true in everything throughout human life.
|
bloodbrother778
Super Chimpanzee

Registered: 10/26/07
Posts: 418
Last seen: 2 months, 23 days
|
Re: Sales of Magic Mushrooms Booming [Re: NShroomT]
#7979864 - 02/04/08 08:42 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
poop
Edited by bloodbrother778 (03/20/08 09:22 PM)
|
Robo
R Series 66Y
Registered: 05/08/07
Posts: 14,861
|
|
I do. Amsterdam is like the last frontier for drug prohibition. If Amsterdam wants to ban a drug, there's pretty much no hope left for the rest of the world.
Or at least that's how I see it.
|
Chemy
Jesus is Lord

Registered: 10/05/07
Posts: 6,276
Loc: A Church
Last seen: 14 years, 1 month
|
Re: Sales of Magic Mushrooms Booming *DELETED* [Re: bloodbrother778]
#7981366 - 02/05/08 02:18 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
Post deleted by ChemyReason for deletion: Reason for deleting?
-------------------- Alcoholics Anonymous Narcotics Anonymous Get help, help is free and available 24/7/365. God bless you all and I hope you receive the help you need to turn away from your lives of sin. Mushrooms and drugs make you gay, you can reverse this homosexual condition with rehab, get help! Stop being gay!
|
Knifey Mcstab
Sir Prancelot Brainfire



Registered: 01/04/04
Posts: 4,846
Loc: PNW
|
Re: Sales of Magic Mushrooms Booming [Re: norml840]
#7981474 - 02/05/08 05:01 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
norml840 said: ignorant unstable nutjobs jumping off bridges and freakin out on mushrooms have ruined it for the rest of us who can handle a journey into our inner minds.
Just because someone couldn't handle a mushroom trip doesn't make them ignorant unstable nutjobs. I find this statement very ignorant.
--------------------
|
DontPlay
Yeah Science!



Registered: 12/13/07
Posts: 750
Loc: On Land most of the time....
|
Re: Sales of Magic Mushrooms Booming [Re: Knifey Mcstab]
#7981617 - 02/05/08 07:27 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
Yeah I agree amsterdam is a place I want to visit badly. Why, because of being able to buy magic mushrooms and bud at cafes now I can't get the mushies. Is it only a matter of time before one can't purchase bud at a cafe either ?
-------------------- My Trade List I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. Hunter S. Thompson
I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery. ~Thomas Jefferson
|
downlowfunk
Retired Festival Veteran



Registered: 09/25/04
Posts: 880
Loc: Physical Realm
Last seen: 3 years, 4 months
|
Re: Sales of Magic Mushrooms Booming [Re: DontPlay]
#7981647 - 02/05/08 07:49 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
No one ever died from a P. Cubensis or similar mushroom overdose. Sure there are suicides, accidents, Violent Acts, but no signs of toxic death.
Same for Marijuana.
Don't come onto me with that these are peaceful drugs crap. Ive seen people that get wired up and violent when they smoke herb, or do mushrooms. Everyone has a separate experience.
Also don't bother wasting your time going to Amsterdam, America has plenty of herb and shrooms, just gotta keep an eye out. Come to Maine we get all sorts of kind bud up here, plus shrooms seem to be around all the time.
Edited by downlowfunk (02/05/08 07:51 AM)
|
2859558484
Growery is Better



Registered: 01/10/06
Posts: 8,752
Last seen: 3 years, 4 months
|
Re: Sales of Magic Mushrooms Booming [Re: Knifey Mcstab]
#7982214 - 02/05/08 11:10 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Mandrake said:
Quote:
norml840 said: ignorant unstable nutjobs jumping off bridges and freakin out on mushrooms have ruined it for the rest of us who can handle a journey into our inner minds.
Just because someone couldn't handle a mushroom trip doesn't make them ignorant unstable nutjobs. I find this statement very ignorant.
no but truely if youre gonna eat a bunch and freakout you shouldnt be doing shrooms. theres a huge difference between a bad trip and driving your car through a campsite/jumping off a bridge.
--------------------
|
bloodbrother778
Super Chimpanzee

Registered: 10/26/07
Posts: 418
Last seen: 2 months, 23 days
|
Re: Sales of Magic Mushrooms Booming [Re: Chemy]
#7982254 - 02/05/08 11:18 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Chemy said:
Banning it would mean less retards consuming them? I don't think so, and availability to minors increases with prohibition.
Well like that article said, 90% of the accidents come from foreigners that buy the mushrooms impulsively..... so obviously if they are banned they won't be able to get their hands on them, at least not as easily, they are the retards I was referring to.
|
manyc
♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫


Registered: 01/03/04
Posts: 571
Loc: Axis Mundi
|
|
Unless they start busting people's doors down, bans will have no effect on the drug market.
The sad thing is, they probably will start busting down our doors pretty soon.
--------------------
Hemp could Save the World. "There is no flag that is large enough, to hide the shame of a man in cuffs." -Serj Tankian Know Thyself. "If the words 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn't worth the hemp it was written on." -Terence Mckenna
|
raceandsmoke
Stranger



Registered: 08/15/07
Posts: 130
Last seen: 15 years, 5 months
|
Re: Sales of Magic Mushrooms Booming [Re: manyc]
#7983345 - 02/05/08 04:46 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
^ yes im also worried about this specially all of us on one site with pics of our grows and full insructions on how we grow them the gov could really rape us if they wanted
|
Chemy
Jesus is Lord

Registered: 10/05/07
Posts: 6,276
Loc: A Church
Last seen: 14 years, 1 month
|
Re: Sales of Magic Mushrooms Booming *DELETED* [Re: raceandsmoke]
#7983419 - 02/05/08 05:06 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
Post deleted by ChemyReason for deletion: Reason for deleting?
-------------------- Alcoholics Anonymous Narcotics Anonymous Get help, help is free and available 24/7/365. God bless you all and I hope you receive the help you need to turn away from your lives of sin. Mushrooms and drugs make you gay, you can reverse this homosexual condition with rehab, get help! Stop being gay!
|
Techno_Raver

Registered: 05/05/06
Posts: 328
|
Re: Sales of Magic Mushrooms Booming [Re: Chemy]
#7985194 - 02/05/08 11:34 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
I had my first mushroom trip in Amsterdam, and I loved it. Why don't they just ration mushroom sales instead of banning them totally. People will find a way to get them anyhow. As for the tourists, their stay in the Netherlands is more enjoyable, and brings the country money, because of the unique experiences they can derive from having shrooms and weed available.
|
LayYouIn
Taurus


Registered: 09/28/06
Posts: 4,402
Loc: Organ
|
Re: Sales of Magic Mushrooms Booming [Re: downlowfunk]
#7988551 - 02/06/08 07:31 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
downlowfunk said: No one ever died from a P. Cubensis or similar mushroom overdose. Sure there are suicides, accidents, Violent Acts, but no signs of toxic death.
could it possibly happen though? what if someone ate as many azurescens as they could as just kept eating and eating and eating without throwing up, do you think dying is a possibility?
|
Spiritual Seeker
Nothing Matters



Registered: 05/12/07
Posts: 507
Loc: UK
Last seen: 15 years, 4 months
|
Re: Sales of Magic Mushrooms Booming [Re: Knifey Mcstab]
#7991131 - 02/07/08 10:53 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Mandrake said:
Quote:
norml840 said: ignorant unstable nutjobs jumping off bridges and freakin out on mushrooms have ruined it for the rest of us who can handle a journey into our inner minds.
Just because someone couldn't handle a mushroom trip doesn't make them ignorant unstable nutjobs. I find this statement very ignorant.
Very ignorant indeed. You dont know what was going through that persons head, what kind of environment, or who was watching them.
What if that girl was getting fucked with by her friends while having a bad trip? There are alot of reasons that could have happened. I agree some people have a difficult time "Handling a journey to the mind" But your statement reaks of ignorance, and ego.
Im glad you can Handle Your Shit
-------------------- "Nothing in the world is a gift. Whatever there is to learn has to be learned the hard way." -Don juan
|
LayYouIn
Taurus


Registered: 09/28/06
Posts: 4,402
Loc: Organ
|
|
 Quote:
Spiritual Seeker said: Im glad you can Handle Your Shit
to be honest...my last trip, 8 grams, was a bad trip...but i think it may have been the best one yet. i kindof like not being able to Handle My Shit. 
i bet these "nut jobs" had some life changing experiences...
|
|