Magic Truffle News

The Magic Truffle gained lots of popularity on the psychedelic market due to the Dutch legal restrictions in 2008. Nowadays a lot of people have tripped on magic truffles and many people found their ways to buy Magic Truffles online. We received many questions about the difference between Magic Truffles and Magic Mushrooms and therefore we wrote this blog. Continue reading →

The city center council of Amsterdam is going to prohibit the selling of magic truffles in Amsterdam in souvenirs shops and other shops. They want to make the sales of magic truffles only exclusively available in specialised smartshops.

Last summer a tourist died when he was under influence of magic truffles and jumped out of window. What it made it very painful was that the magic truffles were easily available in souvenir shops. This was not the first incident with a tourist. Continue reading →

The city of Amsterdam will still close 26 coffee shops in the Red Light District. Half September, the council plans to close not to pursue, but Mayor Van der Laan decision now quite different.
Previously feared that the town with the arrival of the weedpas and the distance criterion an accumulation of measures would arise. The distance criterion given that all the coffee shops within a radius of 350 meters close to schools would have to close their doors, with the result that most of the shops in the area would disappear.

The majority of the councilors feared causing crime and street trade explosive would rise. Now both the distance criterion as the wietpas of the job, decided Van der Laan tolerance authorization of the 26 shops not to renew.

Update!

The Dutch minister, Opstelten, stated that tourist still are allowed to visit coffeeshops in Amsterdam. Although there are new laws concerning the use and allowance of foreigners in coffeeshops, tourists can still enjoy getting high in our capital!

On October 6 & 7 OPEN's second international conference took place in Amsterdam: the Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research. In a sold out Mozeskerk over 400 researchers, students, therapists and scholars gathered to listen and discuss the latest psychedelic research. From brain imaging studies on psilocybin, philosophical discussions on the meaning of altered states of consciousness to a debate on the place of MDMA in psychotherapy, ICPR set the standard for future events.

Research into psychedelics is slowly being taken seriously in the Netherlands.

Find out more on the website of Stichting Open!

Magic Truffles in Amsterdam

I found this little article "Amsterdam tourist mad about truffle trips" Magic Truffles are even on the website of Radio Netherlands Worldwide. It contains some nice info about the mushroom ban, the truffles it self and the use of magic truffles by tourist. Continue reading →