Buzz Gnosis

One of the favourite recreational activities for those looking to have a new age religious experience or that simply like the idea of eating mushrooms are magic mushrooms. By definition, magic mushrooms have hallucinogenic characteristics, which have made them of the particular use of shamans and other religious leaders in specific cultures and ancient times.

Currently, magic mushrooms are considered one of the most lethal drug activities since most of the consumers like to venture into the wild and collect them themselves, thus risking an unpleasant encounter with any of the poisonous wildlife that inhabits the forests as well as eating or consuming the wrong kind of mushroom.

In previous times, it was legal for residents of the UK to have magic mushrooms as long as they were fresh since the content of Psilocybin and psilocin were too low for any of hallucinogenic properties to kick in. Since 2005 the law has been changed and now it is plainly illegal to have any magic mushrooms; raw or dried; cooked or fresh.

Yet, as always, there are loopholes, that is, it is not illegal to “find” them in the forest or inside your lawn as well as the fact that the law does not make illegal the Amanita Muscaria nor the psilocybe semilanceata or “liberty cap” which are native of the UK.