Originally posted by KANKOR:
A typical dutch dose of shrooms is about 20 grs (fresh). I have no idea how this compares to dried shrooms, as drying them is illegal here and considering you can get some from the shop whenever you need them, there is little point in drying them.
okay, i'd like to know where you got these numbers, i never saw a
typical dutch dose.. the typical
sold smartshop dose is around the 30 grams, fresh, costing about 12/15 euro's. but there are many different species and so many different doses and prices, typical is not the word. btw, if you go to the shop everytime you need mushrooms, isn't that going to cost you a fortune? dry shrooms are a lot easier to store, to weigh, imo to eat (fresh ones are massive and shrooms make me gag, so less is better)and you can make tea more easily out of dried mushrooms. and if you seek out a mushroom with almost no psilocin content, the strength doesn't degrade much over time.
originally posted by KANKOR:
What is always advised around here, which I can back from my own experiences, is to take shrooms first, as they are less strongh and cause less anxiety, to get familliar with tripping first. But as I said, might have something to do with dosage. People here rarely take more then the dosage they get at the smartshop.
mileage may vary, but still, you're conclusion doesn't have any good arguments, it's your personal experience, everybody reacts differently to drugs. for you lsd causes more anxiety, for others mushrooms do, it's not better to start with mushrooms because they aren't that strong as lsd is, they are 2 different chemicals, how could people say the one is stronger as the other. they have their own special way of showing you the world, it's like comparing dmt and 5-meo-dmt, wich one is better, stronger, more spiritual etc, no point in trying to compare because they are personal opinions. and the only way to find out is to take them both. btw, the dose in the smartshops around here is pretty strong for a first timer if you ask me, this weekend i shared a dose with a friend(each 17,5 grams fresh i think) and the intensity of the mushrooms reminded me of a 5-meo-dmt trip, i was in awe the whole time. anyway, mushrooms can be as strong as acid can be and vice versa if taken in the right dosages.