The Hippies Win Again

A friend sent an excerpt from a magazine he read about the recent drugs law changes applied to magic mushrooms and, most importantly, the new loop-holes to avoid getting done. The law used to state that it was a criminal offence to be found in possession of prepared magic mushrooms, meaning 'shrooms that were dried or infused. Now it states that even picking the mushroom is classed as preparing it and can make you liable for up to seven years in prison. If you pick it and give it to someone this can lead to life imprisonment. Insane.

But, if you picked it and did not know it to be a magic mushroom, then that's ok. And if you picked it with the sole intention of giving to the authorities to destroy, then that's ok too. So if you are caught with 'prepared' mushrooms and you hand it over to the policeman and say 'I picked these to give to you so they could be destroyed' then you're fine and dandy. Although if your dressed in a long flowing tie-dye skirt and a potato sack with a big joint hanging from your mouth, you might want to get a good lawyer.

The thing is, the law is so elusive how could they ever really do you? And why would they want to bother?