Deadly incidents involving hallucinogenic mushrooms may not be the reason for a total ban on the drug. This, the lawyer of the National Association Smartshop (VLOS) Tuesday for the court in The Hague in an interim order against Klink Minister of Health.
The VLOS do with the lawsuit a last attempt to delay the introduction of the magic mushroom ban by December 1 to stop. The minister decided to ban in 2007 after a 17-year-old French tourist in Amsterdam on a bridge jump and was killed after eating mushrooms.
According to the VLOS has not proven that magic mushrooms were the culprit in this incident and others, sometimes fatal accidents that have occurred in recent years. "It was earlier used in combination with other drugs and alcohol and the mood of the user," said the lawyer.
The Assessment Coordination and Monitoring new drugs (CAM), that the minister had been commissioned to do a risk analysis on the magic mushrooms, has concluded that the risks to public health minor and that a total ban was disproportionate. The CAM recommended in his report to regulate the sale and to ensure good information.
The minister decided this opinion not to follow, because it is based on the use of magic mushrooms in a safe environment with a fasting known in the neighborhood. "The incidents", as advocated on behalf of the country lawyer Klink, 'often occur among tourists. For this group is such a safe environment by definition not be guaranteed. "
The VLOS do with the lawsuit a last attempt to delay the introduction of the magic mushroom ban by December 1 to stop. The minister decided to ban in 2007 after a 17-year-old French tourist in Amsterdam on a bridge jump and was killed after eating mushrooms.
According to the VLOS has not proven that magic mushrooms were the culprit in this incident and others, sometimes fatal accidents that have occurred in recent years. "It was earlier used in combination with other drugs and alcohol and the mood of the user," said the lawyer.
The Assessment Coordination and Monitoring new drugs (CAM), that the minister had been commissioned to do a risk analysis on the magic mushrooms, has concluded that the risks to public health minor and that a total ban was disproportionate. The CAM recommended in his report to regulate the sale and to ensure good information.
The minister decided this opinion not to follow, because it is based on the use of magic mushrooms in a safe environment with a fasting known in the neighborhood. "The incidents", as advocated on behalf of the country lawyer Klink, 'often occur among tourists. For this group is such a safe environment by definition not be guaranteed. "
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