The law on Psilocybe mushrooms is an ongoing international point of debate. In the last decade many western courts and governments have wrestled with the problem that Psilocybe mushrooms have been proven unharmful to public heatlh and to be no treath to public order, while conservative lawmakers would rather ban such controversial drugs.

Most drug laws, exist merely because of the UN drug treaties. The UN convention on psychotropic substances of 1971 lists the substances psilocin and psilocybin as controlled substances and thus all countries which have signed this treaty, have adapted these substances in their lists of controlled substances. Psilocybe mushrooms where explicitly not scheduled under this UN treaty. The International Narcotics Conrol board of the UN., which responsibility is to promote government compliance with the treaties has explained that “As a matter of international law, no plants (natural material) containing psilocine and psilocybin are at present controlled under the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971” This means that any country which explains the UN convention as controlling Psilocybe mushrooms is in error. Shamefully, many countries act as if they don’t know. Use of magic mushrooms in religious practices is legal practicly worldwide following the UN treaties. Another very interesting point is the universal declaration on human rights: Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. Freedom of thought, can be explained as freedom of consciousness. i.e. the right to alter your own thought & consciousness. This would make all personal druguse legal.