#german-law

#german-law

If you're in Germany long enough you'll discover another common rule that has serious reverence for Sunday, legally speaking. It's called "Sonntag Ist Ruhetag," or Sunday is rest day. If you factor in the German national love for regulations and bureaucracy, it's easy to see how peaceful downtime has become a matter of law. At first, it felt like a little quirk to get used to, but the more I experienced it the more it revealed about my inner mindset.

Can you take magic mushrooms in Germany? Not legally. Psilocybin and psilocin, the active compounds in magic mushrooms, are included among the Annex I substances in Germany's Narcotics Act (BtMG). In other words, magic mushrooms are considered illegal narcotics in Germany. Therefore the possession or cultivation of magic mushrooms is punishable under criminal law. Punishments range from a fine (for small amounts) up to five years imprisonment in extreme cases.

The suspect is accused of murdering terminally ill patients while working for a nursing service in Berlin, administering a lethal mixture of medications without their consent.