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Landowners Escape Criminalisation By Magic Mushroom Ban New regulations coming into force next month reclassify magic mushrooms as class A drugs but will not penalise landowners who unwittingly have the hallucinogenic fungus growing on their property.
Back in April, the CLA had been deeply concerned that its members could be caught in a legal loophole in the new Drugs Act 2005. Section 21 of the Act comes into force on 18 July and it reclassifies any fungi containing psilocin or an ester of psiloein - commonly known as magic mushrooms - into the same class as heroin and cocaine. Possession of a class A drug carries a life sentence. The CLA urged the new government to swiftly introduce regulations to make it clear that landowners are not committing an offence merely by having magic mushrooms growing on their property.Mark Hudson, CLA President said, "We are delighted and relieved that the Government listened to our concerns and, through these new regulations, have clarified the situation in favour of the innocent landowner. Contrary to what the new law initially said, landowners will not have to set up their own 'search and destroy' missions for magic mushrooms." 28 June 2005 |
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Christopher Price is the Director Policy and Advice at the CLA. He has overall responsibility for managing all the CLA's national policy and advisory work. He makes sure that the organisation's policy work is focused on what matters most, and that members' queries are dealt with accurately and efficiently. A planning and environmental lawyer by background, he joined the CLA as public law adviser in 2002. He became Chief Legal Advisor in 2007 and took up his current post a year later. Before coming to the CLA Christopher worked in local government for a number of different authorities.
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