Law

Legal Status mushroom grow kits depends on National law
A lot of questions are being ask on the legality of Mushrooms, grow kits , spores and truffles. It is difficult to keep track on individual or national laws (some not provide in English, makes it hard to read) some change to a more liberal of coping [...]

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 [...]