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To: Tech Bull who wrote (11900)	10/10/1999 2:13:00 AM
From: Denise McQuillen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62552

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To: Tech Bull who wrote (11900)	10/10/1999 9:27:00 AM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Respond to of 62552

If you're looking for the Onion you need the "the": theonion.com Now for an intersting real story: Friday October 8 7:05 AM ET Court Says Magic Mushrooms Must Be Sold Fresh dailynews.yahoo.com AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands' liberal drug policy suffered a minor knock on Thursday when a regional court ruled that drying hallucinogenic magic mushrooms was illegal. But in the first case to target magic mushrooms, judges did not challenge the sale or cultivation of fresh mushrooms by more than 200 so-called ''smart shops'' across the country. The court in the southern Dutch city of Den Bosch sentenced four men and one woman to community service for processing and trading dried magic mushrooms -- less than the one-and-a-half to three-year sentences the prosecutor had sought. In handing out the lenient sentences, the court cited expert research that showed the mushrooms posed no significant threat to public health. It also said magic mushrooms were not addictive and cause only mild hallucinogenic effects. Under Dutch law, processing native plants into drugs is illegal, but selling or possessing the plant is not. Three men were found guilty of producing and trading dried mushrooms, while another man and his daughter were convicted of growing the mushrooms with intent to process. The four men must each perform 240 hours of community service, and the woman 120 hours. The smart shop in Den Bosch which sold the dried mushrooms must pay a fine of 10,000 guilders, the court ruled. At least one of the defendants, Hans van den Hurk, owner of the smart shop chain Conscious Dreams, said he planned to appeal the verdict. Smart shops sell an assortment of vitamin or herbal products, from energy drinks such as Red Bull and aphrodisiacs to herbal ''ecstasy,'' a legal substitute designed to mimic the banned drug MDMA. The Netherlands has long drawn criticism from other nations for its lenient drug policy, which tolerates the sale of cannabis in hundreds of coffee shops.