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dan · Joined: 20 Mar 2003 Posts: 247 Location: shanghai

a year or so back, i read an article in, i think, Newsweek Asia about how one could purchase LEGALLY psychadelic mushrooms, and that they were becoming quite popular with Japan's youth. anyone have info on this or other recreational drugs people in japan use? just a curiosity...im in the states, so im not looking to score.

yattsukeshigoto · Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 6

i found this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1984498.stm

so i guess they're legal no more? Sad

G Cthulhu · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 2:57 am Post subject:

Most kinds of mushrooms became illegal last year. The impetus came from the 'epidemic' of overdoses the year before (up from 6 a year to 38! (amongst a population of 125 million...)) and US DEA pressure. But they only banned whole mushrooms, so it's still possible to buy them in powdered form and there are a few species (very mild effects) still legal in any form.

Most prefectures had banned the sale of them earlier anyway, so the new laws did very little to change the situation.

Meanwhile, they continue to sell and prescribe medical grade datura extract as an anti-histamine. This country is just *so* entertaining at times...

yattsukeshigoto · Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 6

How expensive is the datura extract?

RMoss · Joined: 22 Apr 2003 Posts: 5

As of a few months ago they were still selling what appeared to be mushrooms but they were not at all potent. Before they were outlawed you could get an awesome two person dose for about 4000 yen. After the law went into effect I bought some that looked just like the ones I had had previously for about 6000 yen and nothing happened. Interesting about the powder though.

What the hell is datura extract and what are the effects?