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No Impulse Buying Magic Mushrooms

Your next trip to Amsterdam may have to be a little bit longer than you planned, at least if drug tourism is on your agenda: The city's mayor has proposed a three-day waiting period for buying magic mushrooms.

Without the ban, the mayor says, tourists might make an impulse buy they either don't want or aren't ready for. If history is a guide, visitors to Amsterdam--including one girl who jumped to her death from a bridge--could benefit from the waiting period.

Of course, last month, authorities considered an outright ban on hallucinogenic mushrooms--which are illegal in Britain, Ireland and the US--but that's yet to happen; the mayor's proposal sounds like a stopgap measure to us. So for now, it's open season on mushrooms, if that's your thing--but act fast.

Related Stories:
· Amsterdam Mayor Proposes Three-Day Wait [AFP, via Yahoo]
· Dutch Consider Magic Mushroom Ban [TIME]
· Three-Day Wait to Score Shrooms [Gadling]
· Amsterdam Field Trip [Jaunted]

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