"Pappardelle Magic Mushroom Truffles" prepared by chef Harlan Goldstein is shown at Gold restaurant in Hong Kong March 6, 2012. New York-born Goldstein, known to many foodies as the best Western chef in Hong Kong, can thank his mother for his culinary career. Picture taken March 6, 2012. To match FOOD-CHEFS/GOLDSTEIN REUTERS/Andy Ho (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL FOOD BUSINESS) 

Different cannabis seeds are displayed at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

A customer buys pre-rolled joints at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

Different cannabis seeds and other goods displayed at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

Cannabis storage boxes are displayed at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

Cannabis storage boxes are displayed at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

A customer buys magic mushrooms at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

A customer buys magic mushrooms at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

A customer buys pre-rolled joints at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image.. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

Boxes containing magic mushrooms sit on a counter at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

A customer buys magic mushrooms at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

A customer buys magic mushrooms at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

A customer buys magic mushrooms at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

A customer buys magic mushrooms at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

A customer stands at the counter near boxes containing magic mushrooms at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

Customers buy magic mushrooms at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

The price lists of magic mushrooms and the pre-rolled joint recommendations of the day are displayed at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

The price lists of hash, weed and pre-rolled joints are displayed at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

The interior of a coffee and smart shop is seen in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

Boxes containing magic mushrooms are displayed at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

Boxes containing magic mushrooms are displayed at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

A box containing magic truffles is displayed at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. TThe Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

A box containing magic mushrooms is displayed at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

A box containing magic mushrooms is displayed at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

A box containing magic mushrooms is displayed at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

A box containing magic mushrooms is displayed at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

A box containing magic mushrooms is displayed at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban the sale and cultivation of all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target of a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

Boxes containing magic mushrooms are displayed at a coffee and smart shop in Rotterdam November 28, 2008. The Netherlands will ban hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms from next week, the latest target in a country seeking to shed its "anything goes" image. The government proposed the ban in April due to the effects the mushrooms can have on consumers' behaviour after a teenage French girl who had eaten some died jumping from an Amsterdam bridge in 2007. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS) 

People protest against a planned ban on all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms by the government on Dam square in Amsterdam October 27, 2007. REUTERS/Koen van Weel (NETHERLANDS) 

People protest against a planned ban on all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms by the government on Dam square in Amsterdam October 27, 2007. REUTERS/Koen van Weel (NETHERLANDS) 

People protest against a planned ban on all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms by the government on Dam square in Amsterdam October 27, 2007. The sign reads "save the mushroom". REUTERS/Koen van Weel (NETHERLANDS) 

A man holding a sign that reads "boss in own brain" protests against a planned ban on all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms by the government on Dam square in Amsterdam October 27, 2007. REUTERS/Koen van Weel (NETHERLANDS) 

A man holding a giant fake mushroom protests against a planned ban on all hallucinogenic "magic" mushrooms by the government on Dam square in Amsterdam October 27, 2007. REUTERS/Koen van Weel (NETHERLANDS) 

A package of "magic" mushrooms bought legally from a store in Tokyo's trendy Shibuya district is displayed May 18, 2001. Under Japanese drug laws, the compound that makes them hallucinogenic is illegal but the mushrooms themselves are not. 

TO ACCOMPANY FEATURE STORY LIFE-JAPAN-PSYCHEDELIC, SHOWING A PACKAGE OF MAGIC MUSHROOMS DISPLAYED IN TOKYO'S TRENDY SHIBUYA DISTRICT.


A package of "magic" mushrooms bought legally from a store in Tokyo's trendy Shibuya district is displayed May 18, 2001. Under Japanese drug laws, the compound that makes them hallucinogenic is illegal but the mushrooms themselves are not.