From: rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk   
      
   On 15/12/13 12:52, tree wrote:   
   > "RustyHinge"  wrote in message   
   > news:l8fhjs$kt0$1@dont-email.me...   
   >> On 13/12/13 13:25, tree wrote:   
   >>> I keep thinking that'll be the last of them for this year but they keep   
   >>> appearing. Maybe they're goading me to try that out. It's been a good   
   >>> year   
   >>> for them but then they do seem to be common up here in Scotland. Some   
   >>> years   
   >>> they come up like a carpet in birch woods and you almost can't walk   
   >>> without   
   >>> knocking them over. Could maybe make a small fortune selling them as   
   >>> legal   
   >>> "magic mushrooms".   
   >>   
   >> ITYF that selling fly agarics is now an offence.   
   >   
   > Not sure about that. A quick google showed up one uk supplier although they   
   > were "out of stock". Wasn't seriously considering it anyway.   
   >   
   > I know they made the psilocybe mushrooms illegal a few years ago. There was   
   > a loophole in the law where one could sell them fresh but this was closed.   
   > Always makes me laugh when I see an illegal mushroom pop up on some lawn or   
   > somewhere. How dare it!   
   >   
   > BTW, I've never tried mushrooms for intoxicating purposes, not for any moral   
   > or legal reasons but because I've suffered from anxiety issues. I have   
   > enjoyed reading about other peoples' experiences though. It just doesn't   
   > make any sense to me why such activity should be banned. It's very strange   
   > why taking large doses of ethanol is considered acceptable but this isn't. I   
   > suppose it's lucky I don't wish to partake.   
      
   Unfortunately, mushrooms laugh in the face of legislation. Not only do   
   they flaunt themselves in full view, but they are rather careless about   
   the concentration of their constituents.   
      
   Some liberty caps (pixie caps) have been known to contain 10 times the   
   usual amount of psilocybin, which you may well imagine can cause rather   
   alarming symptoms, so, nor have I...   
      
   --   
   Rusty Hinge   
   To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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