DENMARK SET TO LEGALISE CANNABIS?

[paddyahern]

You could soon be enjoying cannabis with your coffee in Copenhagen as well as Amsterdam, as Denmarkâ??s coalition government has taken a step closer to cannabis legalisation. First the Socialist Folk Party passed a resolution calling for the introduction of a Dutch-style coffee shop system. Then the Social Democrat party spokesman on drugs, Poul Quist Jorgensen, welcomed the Socialist Folk Party resolution and said the two parties will work together to allow cannabis coffee shops to open in Denmark.
The Chief Medical officer of Copenhagen, Peter Ege, welcomed the proposals. Writing in the newspaper 'Det Fri Aktuelt' Dr. Ege said the Dutch model should be improved upon by Denmark. The State should take over the growing, distribution and sale of cannabis in order to eliminate the illegal market and prevent profits from falling into the hands of criminals.
However the right wing opposition Christian Democrat Party will oppose the plan. Parliamentary leader, Peter Duestoft, said that "All experience shows that cannabis is the gateway to hard drugs". Despite the Christian opposition, legalisation is a distinct possibility in Denmark, and the Danish model may even be an improvement on the Dutch model.

paddyahern Reviewed by paddyahern on 11-01-2006. DENMARK SET TO LEGALISE CANNABIS? You could soon be enjoying cannabis with your coffee in Copenhagen as well as Amsterdam, as Denmarkâ??s coalition government has taken a step closer to cannabis legalisation. First the Socialist Folk Party passed a resolution calling for the introduction of a Dutch-style coffee shop system. Then the Social Democrat party spokesman on drugs, Poul Quist Jorgensen, welcomed the Socialist Folk Party resolution and said the two parties will work together to allow cannabis coffee shops to open in Rating: 5

[Ruairi.X]

i'd like to see that here in America...
two political parties working together
oh, and Dutch-style coffee shops

[TheSmokingMonkey]

WOOOOOO!
Let's hope it HAPPENS!!!

Oh, PS, I hope everyone is going to GET OUT THE VOTE for the US elections for senators and governors this year.

[Reefer Rogue]

Denmark rocks.

[PaRaNoIa]

YAY!!

I'll be going to Denmark more often to visit relatives now!



A plane ticket there is cheaper for me than a plane ticket to Adam..

[cannabis campbell]

Its also legal in alaska now

[HB new]

If Hash and Weed is the gate way to harder drugs, then by using the same logic, milk has to be the gate way to alcohol. In other words, have you ever meet a alcoholic that did not start by drinking milk?

[Breukelen advocaat]

I've been to Amsterdam and other cities in Holland, and Copenhagen in Denmark. I hope Denmark goes for it. Copenhagen has some of the friendliest people I've ever met in Europe - on a par with Dublin.