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California Could Legalize Magic Mushrooms in 2018

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Re: California Could Legalize Magic Mushrooms in 2018

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Post by oneshot908 »

jpfed wrote: post #5

I think this is going to lead to a lot of unforeseen problems. Brick structures will be much more vulnerable once literally anyone can take one of these and become twice as large. And once you've had a mushroom, if you get the right kind of flower in your system you'd be an unstoppable fire-throwing menace. Then it doesn't matter what kind of gun control is on the books. I just don't know what they're thinking.

Well how many times must this be explained?

One pill makes you larger, one pill makes you small, and the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all...

Re: California Could Legalize Magic Mushrooms in 2018

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Post by throwaway_kea »

While they're at it I really wish they would fix the laws around cacti. Federal law bans Lophophora williamsii specifically for obvious reasons, but California bans the entire genus as well. This is dumb because the other member of the genus (diffusa) won't get you high, and is a very pretty cactus, which is legal to own elsewhere in the US.

Re: California Could Legalize Magic Mushrooms in 2018

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Post by ataturk »

djsumdog wrote: post #6

You can currently buy psychoactive mushrooms in stores in The Netherlands. Buying mushrooms illegally from a legit dealer in the US means making sure they have several uniform bags of the product. You want to make sure they're grown safely in a lab or farm. There are too many people who will go out and just pick mushrooms, which is incredibly unsafe. Unless you're an actual mycologist, it's difficult to tell what's s…

Is anything real or satisfying ever gleaned from all those so-called journeys or is it just a bunch of utter horse shit? Based on all the druggies I have ever been around, it seems like utter horse shit to me. Plus, they all become good-for-nothing slobs who couldn't hold down a job or a relationship and really I couldn't care if they were taken out back and shot.

Re: California Could Legalize Magic Mushrooms in 2018

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Post by komali2 »

jrs95 wrote: post #3

I mean I was pretty happy out here in the Midwest but you guys might pull me in with this one

As a Wisconsin transplant, how are you happy when you must shovel, and shovel, and shovel.

If I had stayed for one more winter I would have gone on a shovel-armed homicidal spree.

Re: California Could Legalize Magic Mushrooms in 2018

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Post by webkike »

jpfed wrote: post #5

I think this is going to lead to a lot of unforeseen problems. Brick structures will be much more vulnerable once literally anyone can take one of these and become twice as large. And once you've had a mushroom, if you get the right kind of flower in your system you'd be an unstoppable fire-throwing menace. Then it doesn't matter what kind of gun control is on the books. I just don't know what they're thinking.

And don't get me started on poison mushrooms!

Re: California Could Legalize Magic Mushrooms in 2018

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Post by jlebar »

djsumdog wrote: post #6

You can currently buy psychoactive mushrooms in stores in The Netherlands. Buying mushrooms illegally from a legit dealer in the US means making sure they have several uniform bags of the product. You want to make sure they're grown safely in a lab or farm. There are too many people who will go out and just pick mushrooms, which is incredibly unsafe. Unless you're an actual mycologist, it's difficult to tell what's s…

> Humans used psychoactive substances for centuries, usually under the supervision of a shaman or some type of religious figure to undergo a journey.

I don't have a position on legalizing psychoactive mushrooms, but I don't think this is a good argument.

For example, humans also used lead to sweeten wine for centuries, but that's not evidence that lead is harmless.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead(II)_acetate#Sweetener

I'm sure we could come up with many more such examples.

Re: California Could Legalize Magic Mushrooms in 2018

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Post by bamboozled »

djsumdog wrote: post #6

You can currently buy psychoactive mushrooms in stores in The Netherlands. Buying mushrooms illegally from a legit dealer in the US means making sure they have several uniform bags of the product. You want to make sure they're grown safely in a lab or farm. There are too many people who will go out and just pick mushrooms, which is incredibly unsafe. Unless you're an actual mycologist, it's difficult to tell what's s…

You can currently buy psychoactive mushrooms in stores in The Netherlands.

Unless something has changed within the last year, this is no longer the case (in Amsterdam at least). They do sell something called "Magic Truffles" but AFAIK they're no where near as potent.

It was possible to buy mushrooms there until a few years back but apparently it was putting stress on paramedics and police due to "drug tourists" having freak outs from performing a "trifecta", cannabis, ecstasy and shrooms in one weekend and having a little episode.

Re: California Could Legalize Magic Mushrooms in 2018

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Post by whyenot »

oneshot908 wrote: post #11
jpfed wrote: post #5

I think this is going to lead to a lot of unforeseen problems. Brick structures will be much more vulnerable once literally anyone can take one of these and become twice as large. And once you've had a mushroom, if you get the right kind of flower in your system you'd be an unstoppable fire-throwing menace. Then it doesn't matter what kind of gun control is on the books. I just don't know what they're thinking.

Well how many times must this be explained? One pill makes you larger, one pill makes you small, and the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all...

I'd be on the lookout for a hookah-smoking caterpillar

Re: California Could Legalize Magic Mushrooms in 2018

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Post by jlgaddis »

komali2 wrote: post #14
jrs95 wrote: post #3

I mean I was pretty happy out here in the Midwest but you guys might pull me in with this one

As a Wisconsin transplant, how are you happy when you must shovel, and shovel, and shovel. If I had stayed for one more winter I would have gone on a shovel-armed homicidal spree.

Here in Indiana, I have a four-wheeler with a plow. I have one for my truck too, for when it gets really bad.
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