Monthly Archives: November 2009

Truffels op de radio
 

Magic Truffles
In het EO programma 'Dit is de dag' op radio 1,gaat de presentator Andries Knevel in gesprek met de psychiater Don Linszen van, drugsdeskundige van het AMC over de truffel of tripknol.
Volgens Linszen zijn 'Paddo-vervangers net zo verslavend als paddo's' Hij doelt hier op de truffels/tripknol die momenteel in veel smartshops [...]

Magic Mushroom by Jonathan Gill. Licence under the Creative Commons 2.0 Attribute
Dutch mushroom ban successful
It became clear today that the Dutch government is continuing the ban on magic mushrooms. Ths despite the wish of the left wing parties to lift it. (PvdA, D66, GroenLinks)
Today there was a debate in Dutch Parliament analyzing the effectiveness of [...]

PvdA parliament member Lea Bouwmeester
Mushroom ban no solution
According to the PvdA Member of Parliament (Labour Party) Lea Bouwmeester: “The ban on mushrooms doesn’t seem to be the solution to the problem of drug using tourists and it should be lifted again.”
She sees it as ineffective ‘symbol politics’ and the problem lies in the fact that [...]

The Ban
The Dutch ban on mushrooms came into effect on December First, 2008. From this point on it is illegal to sell and grow fresh and dry magic mushrooms as a retailer and wholesaler.  Mushrooms are classified as a class 2 drug, what categorizes them as illegal soft drugs, just as marihuana. But unlike cannabis [...]