Editing Smart shop (section)

===Psychedelics, dissociatives, and deliriants===

====Traditional entheogens====
Smart shops are best known in practice for selling whatever [[psychedelic drug|psychedelics]], [[dissociative]]s, [[entactogen]]s and [[deliriant]]s local law permits. In the [[Netherlands]], which is home to most of the smart shops in Europe, this includes ''[[Salvia divinorum]]'', ''[[Amanita muscaria]]'', [[Peyote]], [[Trichocereus macrogonus|San Pedro cactus]], ''[[Tabernanthe iboga]]'', and various ingredients for [[Ayahuasca]] preparations. 
As of 1 December 2008, magic mushrooms are under stricter control in the Netherlands. Those new controls are quite controversial, because the list of banned mushrooms also contains species that have no psychoactive substances. Magic Mushroom spore prints and grow boxes are still available over the counter in the Netherlands. [[Psilocybin]] is not included in the ban and continues to be sold in smart shops nationwide in truffle form.<ref>{{cite news |title=Psilocybin mushrooms |url=https://psilocybinlounge.com/}}</ref>

====Decline of designer drugs====
{{see also|Designer drug}}
Smart shops in various countries have been known in the past to sell [[designer drug]]s: that is, synthetic substances that were not (yet) illegal. The sale of synthetic drugs not explicitly approved as food, supplements or medicines is illegal in some of them. For example, in the Netherlands it is dealt with by the relatively benign machinery of the ''Warenautoriteit'' (Commodities Authority) rather than in criminal law, as would be the case with controlled substances.

Yet, this has made it effectively impossible to sell them in a formal retail setting, even if their production and possession is entirely legitimate. Smart shops have attempted no further marketing of synthetics since they tried to sell [[methylone]] as a "room odorizer" but were ultimately forced to pull it from their shelves in 2004, though it can still be obtained under the counter in some shops.