The law on magic mushrooms?

slipss · 05-09-2006 7:02pm #1

Ok I know this is old news but I was wondering if anyone had a link to the wording of the law concerning magic mushrooms or if anyone knew the law word for word? thanks.

slipss · 17-09-2006 11:21pm

or even an updated version of the Missuse of Drugs Act, the only one I can find online seems to be the original '77 version.

joebhoy1916 · 17-09-2006 11:33pm

Mate you might not really get help here!

I dont really know the law but is it your trying to get some?

There illegal whe there dried some forms of magic mushrooms though are not illegal because they are not dried.

hullaballoo · 18-09-2006 1:56am

joebhoy1916 wrote:

Mate you might not really get help here!

I dont really know the law but is it your trying to get some?

There illegal whe there dried some forms of magic mushrooms though are not illegal because they are not dried.

This isn't true. Originally (as in, a year ago), the law was such that if you were caught in possession of dried MMs you'd get done. Now, it doesn't matter if they're dried, or cut, or whatever, you still get done.

sh_o · 18-09-2006 2:02am

Take a look at the following statutory instruments:
SI 53 of 2006 Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations, 2006
SI 54 of 2006 Misuse of Drugs (Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2006

http://www.ucc.ie/law/irlii/si/sidispabc.php?yr=2006

The full text does not seem to be free online yet so if you need the exact wording, you could get them in the Government publications office or a library.

Peanut · 18-09-2006 2:51am

The law would seem to refer to the common or psilocybin containing magic mushrooms. I saw a dried version of another (potentially more toxic) variety of hallucinogenic mushroom today, being openly sold.

slipss · 19-09-2006 7:01pm

Thanks sh_o, that gave me what I needed to know.

Mr. Flibble · 28-10-2006 4:22pm

Did you ever find out? Can anyone answer the following:

are unprepared mushrooms illegal to buy, sell, possess in ROI?

Helix · 30-10-2006 5:50pm

yes

wasnt the law recently changed regarding them, theyre illegal to have full stop now as far as im aware, in any state of un/preparation

natty · 30-10-2006 6:05pm

you should check out walshs garlic mushrooms they are lovely just had them for me dinner..yummy

Mr. Flibble · 30-10-2006 6:11pm

Helix wrote:

yes

wasnt the law recently changed regarding them, theyre illegal to have full stop now as far as im aware, in any state of un/preparation

Yes, the law was changed. I don't know what it was changed to though. I presume it is now illegal to sell m-mushrooms. Are you sure its illegal to possess them? Because they grow naturally all over the country I thought it would be silly to introduce a law saying its outright illegal to own them, as many people would have them growing on their land unknown to them. It wouldn't be fair to make many peops criminals for that.

Anyone know for sure?

Overheal · 30-10-2006 7:49pm

Illegal they may be; and as for wild growth, I'm sure enforcement isnt Medieval: betya farmers found with excessive quantities of growth are flagged though.

Mr. Flibble · 30-10-2006 7:53pm

Would a law be introduced that would mean anyone owning land with m-mushrooms growing on it are breaking the law? Even if it isn't enforced it seems unlikly. Many people would not like to know they are breaking the law, not just that they won't be proscuted as they are only breaking a stupid law.

I think I'll havew to search for the statute to find the answer

The law on magic mushrooms?

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