same as it's always been
they are legal "as grown"

but if you do any preparation with them (make tea, dry them) they become illegal. Or at least a controlled substance.

I'm not actually sure what happens if you cook with them.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 27 Aug 2013, 10:49, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

the closed that loophole and are now a class A I think

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 27 Aug 2013, 10:50, Reply)

how can something that grows naturally be illegal?
that's fucked up, chief. What happens if you fall face down on one and accidentally nom it?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 27 Aug 2013, 10:51, Reply)

They'd never bollock a farmer for having them grow on his land
but people exploited the law and sold them openly in shops, in tupperware or metal takeaway tubs so the law was changed.

I bought shitloads from a shop the day before the law changed and got an amazing deal.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 27 Aug 2013, 10:53, Reply)

It was fucking ace for that brief period when you could just pop into town for a big bag of shrooms.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 27 Aug 2013, 10:55, Reply)

They were taking the piss though, the law had been 'fine' for years
until they started selling them on Oxford St.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 27 Aug 2013, 10:56, Reply)

woah
you could buy something good on Oxford Street? I'm not fucking surprised they changed the law, can't have that sort of shit going on.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 27 Aug 2013, 10:58, Reply)

So now you have to go back to the old foraging ways.
It's not like the legal status of a drug ever affected its use.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 27 Aug 2013, 11:01, Reply)

You ever tried Fly Agaric?
Just done that one the once, was the weirdest time mate, ended up drinking our own pee because as it's a poison, your body is desperately trying to expel it, and one way is through urine. Not sure on the legal status of that either.
Re the how can it be illegal, if it grows naturally thing, hemp is a natural product, and it's illegal. If it comes to that, ergot, the mould on bread is natural, and I'm not sure on the legal status of that. Ergot is a major constituent of acid, btw.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Tue 27 Aug 2013, 11:06, Reply)

This place gets absolutely covered in Fly Agarics when they're in season:
countryparks.warwickshire.gov.uk/country-parks/pooley-country-park/

Check out pic 9 in the slide show.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 27 Aug 2013, 11:12, Reply)

hemp isn't strictly illegal
the legal status of the plant itself, if growing naturally, is a bit complex I think. Cultivating it for the purposes of getting off your box on it is illegal.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 27 Aug 2013, 11:13, Reply)

There's an excellent book on the subject, "The Emperor wears new clothes", by Jack Herer.
The guy's name is also a brand of weed, it won the Cannabis Cup I think , when I was over in Holland. It may not have done, because I was a bit smashed. If you're interested in shrooms, "The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross", is a good one.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Tue 27 Aug 2013, 11:17, Reply)

I can relate to this.
The first time I was in Amsterdam, I think I was 17, I got hold of some white widow and things got .. interesting.

lol massivedrugzors. I also boffed a supermodel, natch.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 27 Aug 2013, 11:25, Reply)

If it was white widow, I imagine the 'interesting' consisted mainly of being so monged you were unable to move for some time.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 27 Aug 2013, 11:29, Reply)

We had to physically drag one of my compatriots through the streets he was so boxed
I also have a photo taken in a pool hall mid-shot in which the cue appears in the photo, perfectly in focus, three times, with no blur in between. Which would suggest white widow is strong enough to affect inanimate objects like film.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 27 Aug 2013, 11:31, Reply)

Strictly speaking the 'intelligent design' lot should really advocate cannabis use.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 27 Aug 2013, 11:18, Reply)

It's not very Christian, is it?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 27 Aug 2013, 10:54, Reply)