In the U.S., there are regular arguments about whether or not there should be a mandatory waiting period between purchasing and receiving a gun. Some states have a waiting period, some don’t. In contrast, Amsterdam’s mayor is proposing a three-day wait before you can buy magic mushrooms!

Mayor Job Cohen wants to require the wait period to allow mushroom buyers to fully understand exactly what it is they are purchasing, ANP news agency reported today.

The proposal seeks to prevent impulse purchases and follows several incidents that have occurred in the city involving tourists who have eaten hallucinogenic mushrooms.