Holland to Ban Sale of 'skunk' Marijuana in Coffee Shops

Holland to ban sale of 'skunk' marijuana in coffee shops

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Ivo Opstelten, Holland's justice minister, has informed the Dutch parliament to set out a major rethink of the country's liberal policy on soft drugs which allows cannabis to sold and smoked in specially licenced cafés or “coffee shops”. He cited a …
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Of Plagues and Prisons: Two Films Everyone Should See

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Jarecki does not discount the seriousness of the effects of drug addiction; rather, his film shows how the specter of drugs' effects on society has been deployed in racist, discriminatory and politically manipulative ways. … As David Simon (former …
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