(Brussels, SvD) Sweden's more and more lonesome opposition has at least stopped the EU from sliding towards a drugliberal stand. But several countries in europe are easing up on their drug laws. In Belgium the minister of justice commanded the police and attorneys to stop punishing the posession, use and cultivation of cannabis. The main idea is to concentrate policeforces to go after those involved with hard drugs. At this time the authorities are considering if, Liege, Belgiums third largest city, is going to be allowed to prescribe heroin to heavy addicts. It is already done since several years in the British city of Liverpool. As of last year, a campaign was launched in Great Britain to make cannabis and marijuana legal. The newspaper the Independent on Sunday has collected a lot of signatures, not the least from famous personalities, and two awards for civil courage in their campaign.

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