[labrador]

> For the section on growing your own "special" mushrooms

The county where I'm from in California has decriminalized growing psilocybin mushrooms for personal use so I can just come right out and say that I plan on growing hallucinogenic mushrooms

[devwastaken]

It's still illigal at a federal level.

[chasebank]

So is weed. Nobody cares.

[mellavora]

Unless you are a vet receiving federal benefits or living in federal sponsored housing. They might not want to cut your benefits, but the law says they have to.

Many sad stories here. Vet thought it was legal, and it helped their PTSD, but they lost their housing over it.

[devwastaken]

If you admit to smoking weed in the ER, or to any benefits program, your benefits will end or not begin, with a big red stamp on your file. If you have weed on a federally funded college campus, they by law have to cut your loans.

The feds very much so care. Don't get complacent.

[angst_ridden]

Nobody cares until the rolling coup finishes up in the next few years. Then it'll be a problem for everyone, just as it is now for folks in the US on foreign visas, US citizens on various welfare programs, and US citizens who want certain jobs.

[HyprMusic]

The banks do. Payment providers do. Advertisers do. There's plenty of reasons for a business to be low-key about providing accessories to break Federal laws.

[chasebank]

No they don’t. They just want plausible deniability. They’re a bank, they want to make money. Every dispensary has CC processing and a bank account. If they cared about federal law, they would stop obvious money laundering.

[hn_throwaway_99]

> Every dispensary has CC processing and a bank account.

I've never been to a dispensary in the US that takes credit cards, and MC and Visa specifically don't allow cannabis businesses.

https://www.cato.org/blog/cannabis-banking-clash-between-fed...

[chasebank]

I've only been to our dispensaries here in Santa Barbara and they all take cards.

https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cannabis/21/12/24405152/its...

EDIT: Just read the company is issuing and processing their own 'credit cards'. I'm positive I've only used cards when buying from our dispensaries. Come to think of it, it's just debit cards but it's a card and it will buy weed if you want it to.

[namlem]

They don't allow cannabis businesses that sell naturally occurring delta-9 THC products. Other cannabis businesses are fine.

[alex64]

I feel like this isn't the case? All dispos in California and Washington were cash only.. because they couldn't get accounts with banks.

[LouisSayers]

Have a watch of border control TV shows based in the US.

They will literally cancel your visa and send you back home for admitting smoking weed in the US.

If you're not from the US, beware weed is very much ILLEGAL, and you should treat it as such.

[eatbitseveryday]

> They will literally cancel your visa and send you back home for admitting smoking weed in the US.

No they don't. They explicitly state, "we do not care what you do on your travels, only that you do not bring any forbidden substances with you across the border."

If you BRING something measurable (beyond a trace sample they wipe from you or your stuff) then they can take action like what you suggest. Admitting to them you do take substances on your travels is irrelevant to them.

[LouisSayers]

Yes they do, if they have reason to believe you will break US law (I.e. smoking weed) they will not hesitate to cancel your visa and put you straight back on the plane.

They've shown that multiple times in their border control TV show.

The episodes I saw:

There was an Australian girl (admitted to smoking weed on a previous trip) - put straight back on the plane, visa cancelled, and a German guy- on his way out got found with a speck of weed, admitted to smoking weed - got his visa cancelled and told he'd be refused entry if he tried to return.

They basically say "we are federal officers and we enforce federal law". In terms of visas if you provide reason to believe you will break the law, then they have the right to refuse you entry.

[LouisSayers]

https://www.vice.com/en/article/5gqp5q/when-immigrants-are-d...

[birdyrooster]

This is why I bring hella weed with me to Japan. Not only do they never catch me, but the worst case scenario is going home.

[dehrmann]

Federal employees can be fired if their drug test comes pack positive for cannabis.

[idiotsecant]

As well as private, federal-adjacent businesses like power utilities and other heavy infrastructure.

[giraffe_lady]

Give it a few years. It's not a priority compared to cracking down on abortion and genociding queer people but they'll get around to it eventually.

[BurningFrog]

Also at the state level.

[upupandup]

There are psilocybin mushroom sold in marijuana dispensaries online and offline.

To be honest I don't like the come up. I no longer like being "scolded" by it.

[labrador]

I get people selling psilocybin mushrooms following me on Twitter all the time since I follow MAPS and other research groups. I've been afraid to order because I have to give a real address to mail to and it's still illegal at the federal level

[everforward]

Viable spores are still federally legal, and they're legal in most states.

[goatsi]

Those people are generally scammers unfortunately.

[upupandup]

oh im talking about canada btw but yeah not sure how US works

[namlem]

If you don't like the come up being too slow, then I suggest mushroom tea with citrus. Makes it hit all at once. One moment you're normal and the next moment you're tripping.