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UN sees no reason to ban magic mushrooms |
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Written by Ananda Schouten
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Sunday, 17 July 2005 |
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Page 1 of 2 As a result of my court case earlier this year and the following correspondence with the United Nations, I am have written the following article/press release. It contains new information which should be able to lift some eyebrows. I need as much media attention for this as I can get. Please help. If you have media contacts, please notify them now and send them this article. I hope it effects the ban. please distribute freely to as many press contacts as possible
My best regards,
Ananda Schouten
Managing Director
De Sjamaan Smartshops and Distribution
Klarendalseweg 376, 6822 GT, Arnhem, the Netherlands
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Press release July, 13th 2005
UN sees no reason to ban mushrooms.
On July 18 of this month Psilocybe mushrooms become illegal in the UK. The new law banning Psilocybe mushroom has been formulated to clarify the existing law. The existing law is a direct result of the UK signing the United Nations convention of psychotropic substances of 1971. The U.N. International Narcotics Control Board exists especially for clarification of and promoting compliance to the UN conventions on narcotics. The INCB has a tough policy on drugs and has recently condemned the downgrading of cannabis to class C in the UK and slapped the US for being soft on party drugs. Still the International Narcotics Control Board sees no need to ban Psilocybe mushrooms. There is no loophole in the law; magic mushrooms are legal with reason.
In a Dutch court case of Dutch mushroom distributor De Sjamaan, earlier this year Dr. Lousberg, the vice-president of the INCB explained:
Low risks
In 2000, Coordination point Assessment and Monitoring new drugs(CAM) did a study on the risks of Psilocybe mushrooms. The CAM is part of the EU Early Warning Mechanism. It came to the conclusion that there is no need to ban Magic Mushrooms. The risks towards public health, criminality, public order, addiction and many other concerns are too low. The sales of magic mushrooms prevent people from going into the woods picking mushrooms and misidentification of magic mushrooms with toxic wild mushrooms. Dr. Lousberg was one of the experts working on the study.
Since then there has been no new data to conclude otherwise. In fact new research and data only confirmed the outcome of the study.
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