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I've always admired the Netherlands - and Portugal, to some degree - for going against the "war on drugs" agenda in favour of a more empirical and objective policy.
The centre-right government wanted a national ban on selling marijuana to tourists. I think the move away from this is more to do with the economic implications from a loss of tourist revenue, but the mayor of Amsterdam had the following to say about the ban:
"This would lead to more robberies, quarrels about fake drugs, and no control of the quality of drugs on the market - everything we have worked towards would be lost to misery."
Pretty much sums up what the Global Commission on Drug Policy have been telling national governments for years. [link]
Anyway, what's your view on marijuana - criminalise or decriminalise? Why?
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