Legal cannabis rejected by government (copenhagen)

[skillet]

A bit old but I hadn't seen it posted.

http://www.cphpost.dk/news/local/legal-cannabis-rejected-government

Peter Stanners
May 14, 2012

State-run hash and marijuana dispensaries won't be popping up in Copenhagen any time soon after the Justice Ministry this weekend turned down Copenhagen City Council's request to experiment with legalising cannabis in the city.

In a letter to the council, the justice minister, Morten Bødskov (Socialdemokraterne), wrote that the government could not permit the experiment as they believed that legalising hash and marijuana would likely increase both availability and use, which was unwise given the range of side effects that cannabis has been linked to.

“Because of this the government will not permit the experiment,” Bødskov wrote.

Old thread

 

[slimvictor]

Bad reasoning. Portugal, Amsterdam, and other places have (semi-) legalized weed (etc.), and use has only gone up for a short while, going down after several years.
And the "side-effects" of weed are far, far more benign than those of alcohol.
Sad.

 

[AlphaMethylPhenyl]

I hate this bullshit. What a bunch of assholes.

 

[HOP SING TONG]

Long live California. Just got home from a hash bar!! Where you can use a variety from over a $30k worth collection of glassware and quality pieces. Never thought in my entire lifetime I'd get to go to such a place. Seriously is like Amsterdam but better, cause it's only 5 miles from my house ::DDDDDDD