The Federal Attorney General wants to expand the list of federally prohibited plants. There are currently 5 types of plants on the list which can be used as drugs. The list is to be expanded to include hundreds of other species which are common amongst Australian gardens plants. The purpose of this new legislation is to stop drug trafficking, and these plants being used as drugs.
The new plants proposed to be banned are
- Any plant containing MESCALINE including any plant of the genus Lophophora - Any plant containing DMT including any plant of the species Piptadenia Peregrine - Salvia divinorum (Diviners Sage) - Mitragyna speciosa (Kratom) - Catha edulis (Khat) - Any species of the genus Ephedra which contains ephedrine - Any species of the genus Brugmansia - Any species of the genus Datura
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