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Absolutely. It's bad enough having to be afraid of 'getting caught' when under the influence that can ruin a trip, but just having dried up shrooms is a felony.
Makes no sense. This shit grows out of cow shit and only becomes illegal once you collect them and dry them. Why are wet shrooms legal when they can possibly kill you?
As well, growing them hydroponically is safer, yet that it is even more illegal.
So legalize them and don't put any regulations or taxes on them.
It's bad enough having to be afraid of 'getting caught' when under the influence that can ruin a trip
That happened to me once, I got really paranoid and thought that police were going to come out of the toilet and drains so I put all the towels in the toilet and sink.
Just because you enjoy being reduced to a lesser state by fungus that grows out of cow crap doesn't mean the stuff should be legal. You stoners swear you're sooooooooo important. Also you wouldn't have to be afraid of 'getting caught' if you didn't do drugs in the first place.....Fool.
Magic Mushrooms temporarily enhance your mind, and they are usually grow hydrolically rather than on cow shit, we ouldn't have to be worried about uniformed people like you who like to take away other people liberties if there wasn't so much propaganda, fool.
People shouldn't be prohibited from putting such a light, and natural substance in their own body. We should have the right to use this wonderful product of nature with no consequence from the law.
Yes, Mushrooms are pretty harmless if used in moderation. Also, it is probably more dangerous if you consume the wrong ones. I would rather be able to buy a gram or two in a shop for a day off, instead of risking myself trusting a friend who cultivated his own. I would rather buy a pack of regulated Psilocybin Mushrooms, then have some sketchy dude sell them to me. You may argue that they distort reality and thus should be illegal. To be quite honest, DXM, which is much more dangerous than Psilocybin, is found in Cough Syrup, that can be abused, and that creates psychadelic effects. That too, distorts reality. So if you are against shrooms because of that, then you are for the prohibition of products containing DXM, including cough syrup which helps people.
Have you not heard of a man eating a homeless guys face off? And the student who ate his room mates brains after killing him? This was the effect of LSD and magic mushrooms contain psilocybin, the same compound in LSD that makes a person crazy with severe paranoia and anxiety. There is no use in them. They only cause trouble.
Have you not heard of a man eating a homeless guys face off?
Shrooms had nothing to do with that. Misreported to have been under the influence of MDPV.
And the student who ate his room mates brains after killing him?
I don't know of any drug involved in this case, either.
This was the effect of LSD
I'll bet you've never done acid. Well, such effects as that are not the effects of LSD use.
magic mushrooms contain psilocybin, the same compound in LSD
Psilocybin is metabolized in the body as psilocin, the compound that affects the brain. Doesn't matter either way for your case, 'cause neither are LSD. Structurally, they are related; they both are tryptamines, meaning that they affect the serotonin receptors but, besides that, they both have different signatures.
makes a person crazy with severe paranoia and anxiety.
Not true.
There is no use in them.
They gave me a better life. They are extremely potent anti-depressants; they provide introspective insight into one's own life; they combat autism and migraines. There are many uses in them.
They only cause trouble.
The only trouble most people have to worry about when using such substances is the law.
Have you not heard of a man eating a homeless guys face off?
Yeah, its called bathsalts.
This was the effect of LSD and magic mushrooms contain psilocybin, the same compound in LSD that makes a person crazy with severe paranoia and anxiety.
It doesn't make everyone paranoid and anxious, it only does that when when someone one is uneducated about them and eats them thinking they will just get high. Compared to LSD Magic Mushrooms are alot more mellow.
There is no use in them. They only cause trouble.
Really? They enhance creativity, can be thereptutic and stop cluster migraines. Mushrooms haven't caused trouble, most of these stories are about mis-used LSD, although the compounds are similar, their effects are very different.
Well first off the guy who ate the homeless guys face off was not on mushrooms. Next LSD and mushrooms do not have the same compound at all. There is lots of use for them medically speaking. A recent study showed they worked very well for treat alcholism.
I fail to see how this is a valid dispute of my argument. I was merely stating that the drug that the person was referring to, was not psilocybin, the drug that is being discussed. And I support an individuals right to get high, no differently than ones right to get drunk.
When I was a teen I heard about the possibility of terrorists spiking our water supply with LSD. That scared me to death. Now, decades later, I realize that all those years I spent building up my tolerance to LSD was a total waste of time. ;)
LSD and Magic Mushrooms are completely different... But I wish terrorists did spike the water, I would have asked to use the water fountain every 15 minutes at school.
I honestly do not understand how exactly this is an argument against the legalization of shrooms. However, I will say it, Mushrooms and LSD are entirely different.
Course not. Shrooms are on of the most potent. And unlike pot or crack this one has a far deadlier effect... I won't give you all the reasons, most of them have been mentioned. JUst if you legalize it, the world would fall in to complete and utter chaos
Half your body weight..?! No,sir. You're thinking of regular mushrooms. We're talking about magic mushrooms, you eat about 5 of those and you're a gonner!
Really? Thats funny, I know alot of people (including myself) that ate 5 grams of dried Magic Mushrooms (way more than 5 mushrooms) and didn't die, didn't come close to death, didn't need to go to the hospital, didn't have any issues, they just tripped for the night and went about their business the next day.
now i'm sorry but that's just a lie! 5grams and were normal the next morning?! You're making that up really. Your saying if i ate a quater of my body weight in magic mushrooms i'd be fine?! You must be on them at the moment man, really! I have seen enough I-films about them to reaslise what they're capable of!
Allright, say what you want, you can take as many as you want i mean i'm just forgetting the original topic, and i'm just gonna let you fuck your own body up! You wanna take that crap, fine with me!
Mushrooms aren't deadly, you would have to eat half your body weight in dried mushrooms to die. <You said that, now i thought to my self " so in his mind, i wouldn't die if i ate the equivalent of a quatre of my body weight" Jesus man those things have messed up your head! I'm not being ignorant, it's like saying " Oh, you've never killed someone, and you resent people who have? That's ignorant" No it's not, it's smart i'm not like those other dipshits at my school i don't really fancy doing drugs. But you can carry on being a dumbass and doing them! Happy life!
Mushrooms aren't deadly, you would have to eat half your body weight in dried mushrooms to die. <You said that, now i thought to my self " so in his mind, i wouldn't die if i ate the equivalent of a quatre of my body weight" Jesus man those things have messed up your head!
No, you wouldn't die, it would be nice if you did some studying on this topic other than "don't do drugs" assemblies at your school.
I'm not being ignorant, it's like saying " Oh, you've never killed someone, and you resent people who have? That's ignorant" No it's not, it's smart i'm not like those other dipshits at my school i don't really fancy doing drugs.
How are you smart, you don't know anything about the topic, your killing anology doesn't work, because taking magic mushrooms and killing people are two completely different things, Im not calling you ignorant for not trying them Im saying your ignorant for judging them and their users before even knowing anything about the topic.
OK that's a fair point unlike most of the assholes on this site i admitt that, the point is, i am trying to go against the use of drugs, and you are going for. There are only so many things i can say! Drugs are not good! Well, not mushrooms anyway, there have been debates where i went for stuff like crack, cause then everyone in the world would be happier, but with mushrooms, everyone would overdose, not knowing how to use them, and everyone would just freak out and start killing eachother!
OK that's a fair point unlike most of the assholes on this site i admitt that, the point is, i am trying to go against the use of drugs, and you are going for.
For it? I'm not for the use of drugs, I have used them, but I don't encourage it, I just believe people should have the personal choice to use them.
Drugs are not good!
Opinion, not all drugs are as bad as people make them out to be, also alot of people don't take into account moderation so they would label the effects of weed and alcohol as if you were high or drunk every day. The thing with magic mushrooms is, they are almost impossible to abuse, you likely did not know this but the resistance you build up for mushrooms extremely fast, after you use them you are will barley get any effect from them for the next 4 weeks, then after 6 weeks you can get the same effects. Obviously someone just might like the taste (which I doubt) and eat the just for the taste, but when you can't get effects for 4 weeks after use and the same effects after 6 weeks, its alot less likely for someone to abuse them or even abuse them in the first place.
Well, not mushrooms anyway, there have been debates where i went for stuff like crack, cause then everyone in the world would be happier, but with mushrooms, everyone would overdose, not knowing how to use them, and everyone would just freak out and start killing eachother!
You obviously don't understand how either of these drugs work, crack destroys your body, mushrooms (as I have said before) are not lethal and dont hurt your body. When people take mushrooms they usually know how to use the, and dont have a bad trip, when someone has a bad trip they don't start attacking other people, again, not enough knowledge about mushrooms.
Psilocybin Mushrooms are not deadly. There are plenty of mushrooms that if you ingest, it will kill you, Psilocybin Mushrooms will not kill you. VERY different type of mushrooms than the ones that will kill you.
Yet not smart enough to know that magic mushrooms will not kill you unless eaten in very large quantities, the person who said half you body weight was pretty close to accurate. I don't take them, but have known many who do. 5 will not kill you if they are magic mushrooms. There are types of mushrooms that will kill you if you eat 5, they just are not magic mushrooms. Get a clue so you won't sound so ignorant and uneducated.
