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 Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:51 pm Post subject: Information On Magic Mushrooms |
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Magic Mushrooms
There are around twelve different varieties of magic mushrooms that grow wild throughout the UK in autumn, and they have a powerful hallucinogenic effect similar to LSD. The main type of mushroom used is called liberty cap psilocybe. The other more potent variety is the amanita muscaria this bears close resemblance to deadly poisonous fungi. Magic mushrooms contain the psychedelic chemical psilocybin. Magic mushrooms can be eaten raw or they can be cooked or stewed into a tea and drunk; they can also be dried and then stored.
What are the effects?
Although, magic mushrooms have a similar effect to LSD, the trip is often milder and shorter. Like LSD, the mushrooms alter the way the mind perceives things, but experiences vary for each individual and it is common for the user to experience hallucinations and a feeling of euphoria along with a perception that objects, colours and sounds are distorting. The physical effects usually kick in after half an hour, and they include an increase in heart rate, blood pressure and pupil size, and depending on the amount of mushrooms consumed the effects can last up to four hours.
What are the risks?
Once the trip has started there is no way to control or stop it, and a bad trip can be unpredictable, with users experiencing feelings of paranoia and being out of control. Users sometimes experience severe stomach pains, as well as diarrhoea and sickness. Too often, magic mushrooms can be confused with other poisonous, sometimes deadly fungi, so if users experience illness, they should get to hospital as soon as possible with a sample of the fungi. Users do not become physically addicted and there are no withdrawal symptoms.
What does the law say?
On the 18 July 2005 the Drugs Act 2005 came into force. The new law means that raw magic mushrooms, as well as those that are dried or prepared, are now classified as Class A drugs.
Possession of magic mushrooms could lead to up to seven years in jail and an unlimited fine. Supplying someone else with magic mushrooms could get you life imprisonment and an unlimited fine. It is illegal to import, export, produce, supply, possess or possess with intent to supply magic mushrooms, in any form. It is also illegal to supply growing kits.
In the past only dried and prepared magic mushrooms were illegal because they contained high levels or the Class A chemical psilocybin. Now raw mushrooms that contain psilocybin are also illegal. This law has come in to halt the sale of raw magic mushrooms by commercial vendors.
Special exceptions will be made for magic mushrooms growing unattended on private land or for those members of the public who may have picked magic mushrooms unknowingly. This law does not apply to fly agaric mushrooms as they do not contain psilocybin.
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