Pubdate: Wed, 12 Sep 2007
Source: Edmonton Journal (CN AB)
Copyright: 2007 The Edmonton Journal
Contact:  http://www.canada.com/edmonton/edmontonjournal/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/134
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/hallucinogens.htm (Hallucinogens)

'WAIT PERIOD' FOR DRUG TOURISTS

THE HAGUE (CNS)- A new proposal from the mayor of Amsterdam is sure 
to be considered a bummer by certain visitors to the Dutch city: a 
three-day waiting period to buy hallucinogenic mushrooms. Mayor Job 
Cohen wants to require the wait period to allow mushroom buyers to 
fully understand exactly what it is they are purchasing, ANP news 
agency reported Tuesday.

The proposal seeks to prevent impulse purchases and follows several 
incidents that have occurred in the city involving tourists who have 
eaten hallucinogenic mushrooms.

In March, a 17-year-old French girl killed herself by jumping from a 
bridge in the city after having eaten mushrooms.
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