Is Mescaline Legal In Japan?

[Sandozboy]

I've been reading that small packets of Mescaline can be bought over the counter at certain headshops in Tokyo--Can someone please confirm this?

[Alfa]

Mescaline is controlled by the UN1971 convention on psychotropic drugs. If it is not controlled in Japan, this would implicate a lot would be legal there. Does anyone know?

[markdahman]

I herd that Japan and china type places have the harshest drug laws!! If they can buy it in headshops im jeleous

[Psilocybe S.]

Okay, I know that LSD possession is an extreme offence and it's next to impossible to get in Japan. I've also heard that Marijuana is an extreme offence in Japan as well, so it's my best guess to say this mesc. info is wrong.

[Psilocybe S.]

"Until the U.S. forces ban, cannabis had been freely used in Japan for over 10,000 years. There is archeological evidence which shows cannabis was used for clothing material and the seeds were eaten in Japan right back to the Jomon Era (10,000 to 300 BC)," he said. "The demonization of cannabis is not part of Japanese heritage."

Despite the fact that hallucinogenic substances such as psylocibin in magic mushrooms and mescaline in peyote cacti are specifically prohibited by Japan's drug laws, their raw source is freely on sale in Tokyo's crowded Shibuya leisure and entertainment district.

Standing by his stall laden with hallucinogenic materials -- magic mushroom spore kits, whole peyote cacti, bella donna leaves, morning glory seeds, passion flower leaves, Hawaiian wood rose seeds and wormwood -- Mitsumi, 26, capitalizes on the paradoxical nature of Japan's narcotics legislation.

"It's no problem. You can import it if it's not processed. And there's no ban against growing it yourself," he said.

Loopholes in Drug Laws

A Health and Welfare Ministry spokesman confirmed the loophole, saying: "It's illegal to possess or import the drug itself but the plant from which it comes is legal." The loophole exists because Japan's drug laws were imposed from outside, he said.

[Alfa]

This very probable means that Japan to falls under the united nations convention on psychotropic drugs, which is the reason for almost all druglaws on earth. It lists mescaline as illegal, but plants containing it are not controlled.

[hippie_lain]

Not sure about the mesc. but I know shrooms where just made in 2001 and can still be found in head shops