vote now petitiononline:
http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?DBPF&1
Caroline Flint, the Labour Party Minister in charge of the Government’s drugs
policy, wants to end the sale of legal Magic Mushrooms in the UK with a
proposal, on page 21, paragraph 21 of the new drugs bill, to ban Magic Mushrooms
outright. If the clause in question were to become law, possession of a Magic
Mushroom could entail 7 years in prison.
Our Dutch mushroom growers have been advised by legal experts that such action
would be illegal under EU trade laws. They have already launched proceedings in
the European Court in Strasbourg.
In the mean time, you may ask what you can do to stop New Labour banning our
favourite fungi? We urge all our customers to write to Caroline Flint MP.
Her address is:
Caroline Flint MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 50 Queen Anne’s Gate LONDON SW1H 9AT UK
Mrs Flint has stated that Magic Mushrooms are dangerous and cause mental
illness, so we urge the thousands of mushroom users in the UK, who know this is
not the case, to inform her of the truth.
You can refer to the following two reports on the safety of Magic Mushrooms:
Risk assessment report relating to paddos (psilocin and psilocybin)
http://www.potseeds.nl/cam/cam_gb.pdf
Psychological and physiological effects of psilocybin in healthy humans.
http://www.potseeds.nl/cam/refs_view2.pdf
Remember to be polite but firm in the points you make.
The UK Home Office estimates that 197,000 people tried Magic Mushrooms in the
year 2003. We believe the figure for 2004 to be much higher. That’s an awful lot
of potential voters. Therefore, we urge you, especially if you have voted Labour
in the past or would otherwise do in the future, to write to your local Labour
MP or Labour candidate. If you do not know who this is, simply visit
http://www.labour.org.uk and type in your postcode in the box on the left
hand corner and then click local contact information.
Remember, Labour do not want to ban Magic Mushrooms because they really believe
they are dangerous. They are doing this purely for political reasons and in
response to the hysteria and lies printed in some of the right wing press. We
genuinely believe Labour’s Nanny State efforts to stop decent law-abiding UK
citizens from enjoying a non-toxic plant, that has been used for thousands of
years, will piss off a lot of voters. Perhaps, if they realise how unpopular
their proposed Magic Mushroom ban will be, you can force them to think again!
Hlpful web sits fore righting letters:
http://www.potseeds.co.uk/news/
http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?DBPF&1
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg18524881.400
DRUGS BILL
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/docs4/RIA_drugs.pdf
GROSSLY MIS ESTIMATED SALES FIGURES!
“DRUGS BILL INAL REGULATORY IMPACT ASSESSMENT”
In terms of the extent of the availability, a recent article in the Economist
(Hazy Laws on Mind-Altering Fungi, September 19 2004) quoted a figure of 300
establishments selling MMs. The total amount imported to the country may be as
great as 1,000 kg per year, with a turnover of around £1 million. Each shop
would lose income from ceasing the commercial trade in MMs. In the vast majority
of cases these shops were already trading in drugs memorabilia and have only
recently discovered how to exploit a very lucrative sideline. It is not expected
that many, if any, of the shops would be forced to cease trading completely. It
is expected that these measures will act as a very significant deterrent to
those currently selling MMs.
Psilocin and Psilobyn are class A drugs. The maximum sentence for supply of
class A is life imprisonment. Police and the CPS do not expect this proposal to
lead to a significant increase in prosecutions, due to the deterrent nature of
becoming liable to prosecution. We do not, therefore, anticipate any additional
CJS costs.
HMCE has deemed the sale of mushrooms eligible for VAT. They are unable to state
the revenue raised per annum, but we estimate the revenue to be no greater than
£175,000. In respect of enforcement, HMCE anticipate additional costs of
£500,000 to £700,000. However, this is dependent on the level of enforcement
activity, compared with their other priorities. The proposal does not require
HMCE to take any action over and above what is already taken. HMCE are not being
required to actively search for MMs; rather, this proposal 29 will form part of
HMCE’s routine searches. Therefore, we believe that this proposal is cost
neutral.”
AS A MUSHROOM SELLER, SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY THEIR IS MORE LIKELY
TO BE 1000K SOLD A FORTNIGHT WHOT IS THE VAT ON THAT THEN!
